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G20 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... the months to come. The bad news will not immediately go away just because of a G20 imprimatur on a G20 communique. Economies will continue to slow. The recession will play out. It must. Buying on news? Bargain-hunting? Attractive valuation? Crisis solved? ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... confirms that economic growth will continue to slow in the coming months. This is not surprising given that the big economies of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Eurozone and Japan are on the precipice of a recession. In addition, even China ...

Sisyphian challenge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... a credit crunch in America. The American credit crunch morphed into a liquidity squeeze that enveloped the developed economies. The liquidity squeeze turned into a financial crisis that claimed the world's financial markets. Financial market loses eroded ...

Mine's bigger than yours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
Slashers. This is what most central banks around the world have become as their respective economies appear oblivious to the myriad of rescue packages and the amount of money that is already flooding the system. The dire straits the global economy is ...

Rainy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... 9 per cent by 2010. This is well and good - if all things remain equal. The financial market storm might be pulling economies, one after the other, into a recession, but fiscal and monetary authorities of all shapes and sizes are not just tweedling their ...

Humpty Dumpty Syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2008
... followed Obama's victory is a good start. But right now, the problems in the financial markets remain unresolved and economies sinking into recession are growing in number. Putting a new face in the Oval Office will not make these challenges go away. ...

The other race

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... longer, could also engulf Australia into its first recession in 17 years. Going by reported economic statistics, the big economies of the US, the Eurozone, Japan and the UK among others are already halfway there. But it is more probable that these nations ...

Seesaw Margery Daw

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... equipment spending and industrial production have weakened in recent months, and slowing economic activity in many foreign economies is damping the prospects for U.S. exports.' Downside risk to US (and global) growth remains. For those still not convinced ...

First State Super wins low cost race

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
Economies of scale, use of electronic fund transfers (EFTs) and use of email over paperwork all helped make $15 billion First State Super the 'lowest cost' public offer fund in Australia, based on the latest Rainmaker Benchmarking report. The report ...

This too shall pass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... unemployed, lending standards are tightened and debt levels are reduced, businesses closed, asset prices fall, and whole economies contract. It looks doom and gloom now because we are in the midst of the crisis. But in the end, this too shall pass. And ...