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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... policymakers pledged last June to loosen their grip on the currency. Economists argue that a stronger currency will help Beijing curb inflation by reducing the cost of imports. Asian markets are concerned that a rate rise in China will lead to a slow-down ...

Wall Street does an Abbott

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... rise to tame rising inflation in the booming economy hit early trade but shares then steadily picked up on the view that Beijing cannot afford to slow growth too sharply. They said sentiment has steadily improved recently on the view that the US economy ...

China no slow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... work. Neither have threats of trade sanctions. Now it has come to this. "You owe us!" Sorry Uncle Sam, but who owes who? Beijing's now got you by your cojones. More so now that China just keeps on growing. Reports out yesterday suggest that China has ...

Of Jobs, Hu and Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... Chinese exports an unfair advantage. Just last week, US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner told the press for the nth time that Beijing needs to let the yuan appreciate "more rapidly." Chinese officials do the same. On the eve of his coming to America ...

Wrong answer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... didn't do his homework. For it was only 11 days ago, on Friday 3 December 2010, that Xinhua news agency reported that Beijing's top honchos announced that they are switching their monetary policy from a moderately loose to a prudent monetary policy. ...

Best house in the slums

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... next week, next month, next year? And China? It's in the midst of draining liquidity in its system. Just last Friday, Beijing again raised the reserve requirement ratio by 50 basis points - the sixth this year. Starting on 20 December, 18.5 per cent ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... where economic agents act and react according to their best interests. But not for a command economy like China where Beijing dictates what is best. Seen the latest China stats? The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to 55.2 in November from 54.7 ...

Danger everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... all record highs, according to CMA, a data provider." Danger in China, Will Robinson. In its bid to choke off inflation, Beijing might be strangling its economy to death. The Wall Street Journal reported that, "In a statement issued late Monday, the ...

Chireland hurdled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... Fears that China would impose measures to extract excess liquidity to bring down inflation came to pass - fears passed, Beijing passed tightening measures. The Peoples Bank of China again raised the reserve requirement by 50 bps to as much as 18 per ...