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GFC in a fortnight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... course of nearly two years. Fresh US data released revealed that building permits, new and existing home sales and house prices still have to find a bottom. These resulted in more losses and threaten the solvency of big financial institutions - depicted ...

Thumbs down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... down. No doubt President Obama's intentions are good and the target rationale. Rising foreclosures are depressing house prices. Falling house prices are depressing bank's balance sheets. Impaired balance sheets are preventing banks from lending. Less ...

Groundhog Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... sophisticated - placed their faith in credit rating agencies, financial institutions peddling structured investments, house prices forever rising, the sun forever casting its warm rays over everyone's fortune. Winter? What winter? According to them winter ...

Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... day. Last night, US releases showed that housing starts hit a record low in December, housing sales down sharply and house prices are still in decline. But to put things in perspective, the slowdown in the economy China is experiencing now is the belated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... economic news. Figures showed the US economy shrank 0.5 per cent in the third quarter, alongside a record fall in US house prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 38.07 points, or 0.45 per cent, to 8,481.46 at the close. The Standard & Poor's ...

Bail-out Plan B

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... ones holding the toxic asset bag for all this time, particularly when US property foreclosures are still rising and house prices continue to plummet. The reflationary fiscal and monetary policies by the US authorities may have limited the severity of ...

Daily funnies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... doors, job losses are increasing, consumer sentiment has hit an all-time low, household spending continues to soften, house prices are still on a downtrend, equity prices remain weak and global growth is failing. At the start of October, the Financial ...

Search for equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... Job ads fell another 1.4 per cent in September after a 4.9 per cent drop in the previous month. And in New Zealand, house prices fell by 5.8 per cent in the 12 months to September after declining by 4.5 per cent in the year to August. The list goes on ...

No instant gratification

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... recession. There is no doubt that given the uncertainties in the US labour market, tighter credit policies, falling house prices and US consumers (on their own volition are reducing their debts), consumer spending will continue to weaken in the coming ...

Rescue package YES, economy NO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... 38.8 in September from 40.5 in the previous month. This was to be expected as economic activity in the UK slows and house prices continue to tumble. The Nationwide Building Society reported that UK house prices fell by another 1.7 per cent in September ...