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Somethin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... Virginia, they're still at it. Two years on and Europe's back at the negotiating table trying to dig their way out of the hole first dug by Greece in October 2009. One begins to wonder how they were able consummate their union and give birth to a single ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
Next stop: Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Lucky we're just a few hours away from the main event for I don't think I could take the suspense much longer. All eyes - or should I say, all ears - will be on US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke from the very ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... will be delivered," Mr Speizer said from Auckland. Dr Bernanke will address a symposium of global central banks in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday night, Australian time. During the local session on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... be needed to help the struggling American economy. Mr Bernanke will address a symposium of global central banks in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday night, Australian time. Bank of New Zealand currency strategist Mike Burrowes said these two factors had ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... between 104.58 US cents and 105.34 cents. Fed chairman Ben Bernanke will give a speech to a central bank symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday (US time). At last year's Jackson Hole meeting, Mr Bernanke announced the second round of economic ...

Fed policy options galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... then perhaps we can all rest easy and enjoy the next ride up in the equity markets. Big Benny is due to speak at Jackson Hole in front of other central bankers on the 26th - yup, that's three days from now. Many of us are expecting our big bro' to pull ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... market this week would focus on a speech by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke to a central bank symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday night, Australian time. In Australia on Tuesday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deputy governor, Ric ...

Willing America into a dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... market's negative predisposition, lest the financial markets will America into a double dip. Big Ben will be speaking at Jackson Hole this Friday.

On the verge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... economy tank without at least trying something... anything - it promised it would. We might not have long to wait. Jackson Hole is just a few sleepless nights away. That's on 26 August.

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... confirmed my early prediction that there's no way out for Greece but an honest-to-goodness default. It's just in too deep in the hole it dug itself in. Short of kicking the can further down the road, European authorities can't seem to agree on a workable ...