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Wall Street v Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... its Chairman. So what do politicians do? Some of the announced that they would vote against the re-confirmation of Ben Bernanke for a second term. President Obama will make his first State of the Union speech later tonight. By all indications, it would ...

Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... in the markets but we should never under-estimate the lobbying power of money. Oh by the way, we also thought that Ben Bernanke's re-election to the chairmanship of the Federal Reserve would just be rubber-stamped. It's looking shaky now. Now what else ...

Juice flow to continue in 2010

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2010
... crutches" could undo all of the gains achieved to date. Worse, it could push the global economy into a double dip. Ben Bernanke, for one, knows this all too well. He is an expert of the Great Depression of the 1930s. He knows too well how the US economy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... or 0.55 per cent, to 4695.2. NEW YORK - Financial markets were reassured by comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who said interest rates would remain low as the economy proceeds on slow recovery. Stocks fell back in mid-afternoon trading ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
You are the definition of moral hazard! These words - delivered by Kentucky Republican Senator Jim Bunning at Ben Bernanke's Senate hearing on his nomination for a second term as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve - perhaps reflects the embodiment of ...

Thanks for now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... remain at zero forever. But interest rates will remain where they are for as long as the economy needs it. Chairman Ben Bernanke says so. Stimulation would remain for "an extended period." So has other Fed officials. Chicago Fed Pres Evans declared that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... after hovering around that level for the past month. Stocks pared some of their gains after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said policymakers would monitor the dollar while at the same time repeating that the Fed would hold interest rates low until ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... in its outlook or monetary policy. The policymaking Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), headed by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, said after a two-day meeting that "although economic activity is likely to remain weak for a time," its actions would support ...

The shrinking big dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... appetite? Hmmm...seems strange. The greenback fell to 14-month lows against major currencies last week before Big Ben Bernanke wagged his finger -- warning that, "The time will come when we have to tighten...We will look at the broad outlook to decide ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... Meanwhile, a private sector group's forecast of economic activity on Monday further validated Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's pronouncement last week that the US recession was "likely over" from a technical standpoint. The Conference Board's ...