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Growth and consequence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... about action... but as I said before, after having seen the Staff projections that will come out in early June." Yes Virginia, Super Mario added an escape clause -- "after seeing Staff projections" - but the latest economic growth update on the single ...

BOE qualifies for World Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... in March. It's expected to average around 1.7% in a year's time before rising to 2.0% thereafter. So here we have it Virginia, the BOE would not be in a hurry to raise interest rates anytime soon. BOE Governor Mark Carney football (soccer) analogy may ...

Masseurs Tony and Joey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
Phew! Well that wasn't so bad after all. Yes Virginia, if you didn't fall asleep listening to Treasurer Joe Hockey's budget speech last night - mainly because most of the measures Joey mentioned were already drip-fed to us days in advanced - you'll ...

Timely market surge for a tough budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... despite the lingering fear of the unknown of what ultimately happens in the Ukraine. Look at this morning's headlines Virginia and you too would be singing happy days are here again. To save me some time clicking through cyberspace, here's the list of ...

Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
"War, huh, yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothing." - Edwin Starr Nah Virginia, I'm not referring to the one that's feared to erupt soon after pro-Russian rebels in the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk went ahead with the secession referendum ...

Janet puts it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... voice..." Greenspan's done it. Bernanke did it. Now, Yellen's doing it -- the Fed put, that is. If you still doubt it, Virginia, just have a look at last night's trading action on Wall Street. Sure, there was some good news out of Russia - Putin's blinked ...

Promises promises and broken promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
Were you not as surprised as I was? I bet you weren't Virginia, not even your uncle and his dog, when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced that it was doing nothing - it left the official cash rate steady at 2.5%. While the RBA mostly stuck ...

ECB to stay in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
Phew! That was close. No Virginia, we didn't hear this sigh of relief from European Central Bank president Mario Draghi yesterday, but we would have had the Fed's policy announcement and America's first quarter GDP growth update not drowned out the ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... federal funds rate below levels the Committee views as normal in the longer run." Haven't we heard all these before? Yes Virginia, we have... but there's something soothing and reassuring to be told repeatedly that the Fed would lurve you, I and Irene ...

The music's still playing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... more than they do that of the prospect of the "sell in May" crowd, going away in May. Just look at the closing stats Virginia. The S&P 500's and the Dow's up by 0.5% and the Nasdaq's higher by 0.7% and... the Dow Jones Internet Composite Index jumped ...