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Head or tails?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... drops and unemployment rises, consumer spending contracts, mortgages go into arrears, repossessions, forced selling, house prices dive, the value of collaterals held in banks' balance sheets depreciates, banks are unable to lend, companies fold....... ...

Global recession coming?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... 10.9-month supply in the month from 10.3 months in July. Tighter lending standards and rising inventories suggest that house prices have yet to find a floor. Rising unemployment would not help either. The US labour market is in recession. Initial jobless ...

The good and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... unemployment rate peaked, allowing anxious homeowners' to hold on to their homes and thereby putting a floor under house prices. Inventories of unsold homes start to decline. House prices start appreciating enabling banks to earn profits, encouraging ...

One step forward, two steps back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... interest rates high despite the recent interest rate reductions handed down by the US Federal Reserve.' However, with house prices still falling, delinquency rates rising, repossessions multiplying and lending standards tightened, problems in the financial ...

Funny Mae, Froggy Mac

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... interest rates high despite the recent interest rate reductions handed down by the US Federal Reserve. However, with house prices still falling, delinquency rates rising and repossessions multiplying, the Treasury could ultimately be left with the hot ...

This Week's Movers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... it can get to avoid sinking into a recession, which may be just one quarter away. In the UK, producer prices and house prices will be key to the outlook for interest rates. Financial markets will be interested to see whether the figures confirm the Bank ...

A$ backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... prices aided the improvement in confidence. Likewise, US new homes sales rebounded by 2.4 per cent in July and median house prices rose to US$230,7000 in July from US$230,100 in June. However, it is not the same for Europe. In the Eurozone, the Ifo business ...

Bad news galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... unexpected pickup in sales is due to foreclosure related sales and not related to any increase in demand. Home sales and house prices will remain under pressure going forward as inventories continue to rise. Total housing inventories rose to a record-high ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... considering continued weakness in its economy. This slowdown will be underscored by the release of the latest update of UK house prices and retail sales this week. The UK Rightmove house price index is forecast to continue the weakening trend in house ...

Central Banks hold fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... months despite reporting a 3 percent increase in July sales. A slowing labour market, high consumer prices, falling house prices and tighter lending standards will continue to crimp consumer spending and further reduce sales going forward. This renewed ...