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Growth and QE - will this time be different?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... it...it's all systems go! There's only one conclusion that can be concluded from the upward revision in second quarter US real GDP growth - up at annualised rate of 2.5% from the prelim 1.7% estimate - and Wall Street's positive reaction to that... Need ...

Once more from the top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... exit in the near future". And from the one that started it all. Commenting on the downward revision in US first quarter real GDP growth to an annualised rate of 1.8% (from 2.4% previously), Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond president Jeffrey Lacker said ...

More flip flopping ahead for Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... the fresh mints coming. Wall Street up last Thursday because disappointing eco stats - second estimate of first quarter real GDP, jobless claims and pending home sales - imply Ben's printing press will continue to work overtime. The Street down the following ...

Out of sight, out of mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... connection. That is disappointing economic data equals no Fed taper. Hip, hip. The equation. Disappointing US stats - Q1 real GDP growth revised lower to 2.4% from 2.5% (initial estimate) ; jobless claims increased by 10K last week; pending home sales ...

On austerity, growth and expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... the US. It was on full display at the end of last week's trading. GDP grows stronger but disappoints. First quarter US real GDP came in at an annualised rate of 2.5%, disappointing expectations for a 3% expansion. Never mind that growth hastened from ...

The Celtic Tiger gets back its roar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... by its benefactors. And look where it is now? It is the only PIGS that have produced positive economic growth. Irish real GDP expanded by 0.8% in the year to the third quarter of 2012 (latest available I could find) and 'The Economist' predicts growth ...

Refresher pause?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... the economy was growing averaging 1.1% quarterly growth. The jobless rate stood at 7.7% as at February this year and real GDP average quarterly growth is now only less than 0.4% over the past four quarters. But as Malcolm Maiden wrote, "Sharemarket investors ...

The happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... so nice that PIMCO's co-chief investment officer, Bill Gross, now believes the economy is "moving towards a 3 percent real GDP growth rate" this year - up sharply from the 1.25% - 1.75% growth for 2013 his bond firm predicted at the end of last year. ...

Wall Street up till it was down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... "Dow nears record high on latest data" (Australian Financial Review) That's ok. The second estimate of US fourth quarter real GDP showed the economy expanded at annualised rate of 0.1%, measly maybe... but better than the 0.1% shrinkage in the first ...

Beans means Buffet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... (pardon the pun, or is this a pun?) by news of continuing contraction in the economies of the Eurozone and Japan. Eurozone real GDP dropped by 0.6% in the fourth quarter - the fifth straight quarter of decline - following a 0.1% fall in the third while ...