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Stimulate or deflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
"Yahoo! Celebrate good times, come on!...everyone around the world, come on." -- Kool & the Gang Oh yes, yes, yo Virginia, most major equity markets from New York to Rio and ol' London town went into the weekend celebrating their pretty gains for the ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
It's raining jobs...A hallelujah... it's raining jobs! Yes Virginia, I'm sure that you too are excited (and you can't hide it) seeing the latest instalment of the US non-farm payrolls report that showed most measures up. It was all up for the US labour ...

Super Mario delivers huge stimulus package

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... on a cloudy day... I guess you'd say What can make me feel this way?" Mario, Mario, Mario Talkin' 'bout Q-E Q-E. Yes Virginia, he did it. Super Mario brought sunshine to the financial markets on this, a cold and cloudy Frankfurt day. He ended months ...

China growth as Li likes it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... slightly higher or lower than 7.5 percent is acceptable, as long as our development creates jobs, boosts incomes..." Yes Virginia, last year's lower than target growth rate has PM Li's blessing. A rate of 7.4% still still created jobs -- employment increased ...

SNB dismantles defense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... neighbour, the European Central Bank (ECB), that one week for now it'll be setting QE a-sail. We know what this means, ey Virginia? There'll be greater downward pressure on the euro. Or seen another way, upward pressure on the Swiss franc which, in turn ...

I'm with Bill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... in several large emerging markets may be a symptom of deeper structural weaknesses." Oh-em-gee! We're in trouble now Virginia, big trouble. That's if - and it's a big IF - the WB crystal ball gets it right this time. This time last year, the WB's World ...

Santa's bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
"Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, Right down Santa Claus lane..." "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus." (The New York Sun, 21 Sep 1897). It's hard to believe too given the depressing headlines about oil's slide (and more to follow) ...

Oil slide, CEO pay and that "income recession"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... there's no stopping these central banks from doing so. Perhaps, the Fed and the BOE may even join the allied forces. Yes Virginia, it's turning out to be a fight between the central banks - lifting demand - and the OPEC cartel drowning their competition ...

The recession we're wishing to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... and 3.1% over the year. We should be shouting and singing glory, glory hallelujah and dancing the macarena. But nah, Virginia. In keeping up with our whinging, Bank of America Merrill Lynch chief economist, Saul Eslake, threw the media a bone and now ...

Big yawn on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... showed the S&P 500 index bobbing up 0.2% on both sides of zero last night before closing minus 0.1% down. Must be vertigo Virginia. You'll feel the same way too if you're way high enough to touch the sky. Economic growth of 3.9% would be a considered ...