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Easing Libor pains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... about the Libor/OIS spread - a measure of banks' willingness to lend to each other - and how this is moving the right direction. The opening bell on Wall Street further strengthened this trust among banks with the Libor rate on 3-month US dollars dropping ...

Confusion in the inflection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... 364-point spread hit in October 2008. Although still above the historical spread of 10 bps, it is moving in the right direction. These writings show that US consumer confidence is returning. The Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary consumer sentiment ...

Danger, Will Robinson!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... There could be no argument that tackling the country's - any country -- ballooning budget deficit is a step in the right direction. However, with nerves still fragile - wealth destroyed, jobs lost or under threat, homes foreclosed - the last thing those ...

Riccardian equivalence redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... American's pessimism. There could be no argument that tackling the country's ballooning budget deficit is a step in the right direction. However, with nerves as fragile as they are today - wealth destroyed, jobs lost or under threat, homes foreclosed ...

Worst of the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... While acknowledging that recent policy initiatives made by fiscal and monetary authorities were 'a step in the right direction,' he urged that 'we need to do more.' Blanchflower warned that, 'Past recessions have typically been associated with five quarters ...

G20 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... thus far. There must be one concerted action by all the major players. Tomorrow's G20 Summit is a step in the right direction. The G20 must come up with a unified and concrete course of action towards the resolution of this crisis. The success of the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... tempered gains on the market today. "We had a fairly reasonable day yesterday, so two days in a row going in the right direction," Mr Chatterton said. "National Australia Bank (NAB) came out with their result which was in line with expectations and that ...

Debenture devil in the detail

... the release of the consultation paper suggest that a benchmarking process and better disclosure are steps in the right direction but there should be more clarification on issues that were not addressed in the paper. Property Investment Research (PIR) ...

ING makes insurance faster for advisers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
... gap "Anything ING can do to make the process of applying for life insurance simpler has got to be a step in the right direction."

Finsia expands education to Korea

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2006
... relationships with Australia and our neighbouring countries. Today's agreement with Finsia is a positive step in the right direction," Kun Ho Hwang said. The cooperative relationship was formed last year with the provision of Finsia's derivatives training ...