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Anticipatory and moderate adjustments had become necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
Li gets what Li likes. Yes Virginia, I've typed this phrase so many, many, many times -- changed from 'Wen gets what Wen wants when Wen wants it' when Li Kequiang took over China's premiership from Wen Jiabao on 13 March 2013 -- on this space before. ...

FRBSF takes on Jackson Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Thank you FRBSF! Join me Virginia, in thanking the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (yup, that's what the FRBSF stands for) for its recently-released economic research titled, "Assessing Expectations of Monetary Policy". Thank the FRBSF for bringing ...

Super Mario to the rescue (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... happy that the European Central Bank (ECB) is doing something, anything, to counteract/reverse this state of affairs. Yes Virginia, it wasn't the ECB doing a Fed thing - announce quantitative easing measures - that markets expected, but it's good enough... ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... in our own little digs. But in a way, the pooh-bahs repeating and reiterating their known known policy stances gives Virginia, I and Irene comfort that global liquidity will remain free-flowing - almost free in the US and Britain and will be flowing ...

Janet's Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... Espiritu Santo, Putin, Iraq, slow growth, fast growth, deflation, inflation, overvaluation, bubble - you name it. Yes Virginia, just two weeks ago investors were crying crisis, creating concerns of capitulation and eventually, a major correction in financial ...

RBA to business: release the animal in you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... economic luck runs out." "The biggest risk to Australia - a weaker Chinese economy - may soon be the world's, too." Yes Virginia, Bill surely knows his stuff. Bill, after all, has a bachelor's degree in business journalism and is an award-winning journalist ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... Interest Rates For Longer". We'll know for sure this coming Friday. Meanwhile, China's in trouble again. No, it's not that Virginia. It's not because of Australian business mogul and Member of Parliament Clive Palmer's tirade about our biggest trading ...

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
Is that bad news on your pocket... or you're just happy to see me? Yes Virginia, equity markets are rejoicing as the roll of bad news continued overnight. US initial unemployment claims increased by more than expected to 311K in the week ended 9 August ...

Because I'm happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... A nice complement to Chumbawamba's "I get knocked down but..." when talking about the equity markets don't you think Virginia? "Happy" is particularly apropros today because in spite of all the bad economic reports - never mind geopolitics, markets see ...

All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... dip buyers pounced. But to quote Popeye (toot toot), "enough is enough and enough is too much".. And speaking of enough Virginia darling, the Bank of England (BOE) is in the midst of its monthly gabfest deliberating whether the UK economy is growing ...