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(Back) wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) yesterday released numbers that are closest to everyone's hearts (errr, pockets) but you won't know it gauging from the financial markets' reaction. Australian equities rose a bit (plus 0.3% on the ASX 200) ...

Emerging emerging markets concerns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014

Irish luck unlocked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014

What's luck got to do with it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

Government removes self-education cap

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
The Coalition government has removed the cap on tax deductibility of self-education expenses introduced by the Labor government in July. "With the vast bulk of claims for self-education expenses coming from those earning less than $80,000, this was ...

RBA and Melbourne Cup two-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... Governor Glen might be thinking he's better off deciding which of the 24 horses would win today's Melbourne Cup race. Good luck to all ye punters!

While America was shuttered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
We now resume normal programming, now that the 2013 season of Washington's "when the shutdown meets the ceiling" theatre is over. Let's watch the China channel. The economy's going where PM Li likes it to be - GDP growth quickened to 7.8% in the third ...

Reversing fortunes to another crisis?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013

Guiding it forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013

Mother of all hard landings and other BSes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Can you feel it? Australia appears to have started this new week, new month, new quarter new financial year with a little bit more stride in its steps. This could be because of the world's biggest central bankers' comforting ...