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Bunga bunga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... medium businesses and 70 per cent anticipating better loans from small businesses. And the all-important American consumer? Yes, they too are increasing their credit. News overnight showed that US consumer credit rose by US$6.41 billion to US2.41 trillion ...

Cycling up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... on over the weekend hoping to glean clarity on America's future, the latest non-farm payrolls report outing provided none. Yes, Virginia, both the bulls and the bears would be claiming, "I told you so!" Pessimists would point you to the number on the ...

USA is going A-OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... recovery to be truly established." These were the words spoken by Big Ben at the National Press Club in Washington last night. Oh yes, these very words came out of his mouth... but is this really what's in his mind? Reports show that US equities took ...

Egypt not just another pyramid scheme

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
Economic uncertainty in the Middle East following uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt show how intertwined the global economy is with geopolitics, making more volatility the only certainty. First the background. According to a briefing note put out yesterday ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
ust as recent indicators point to a brightening outlook for the US economy, the haze appears to also be slowly dissipating in Europe. "Movin' on up, movin' on up. Movin' on up, movin on up." This tune by M People played in my head as I read Bloomberg's ...

Chimerica threat looms over returns

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
A leading fund manager argues that many investors are too pessimistic about the US and too optimistic about other markets, particularly China. Speaking at a lunch briefing yesterday, Martin Conlon, head of Australian equities at Schroder Investment ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... Republic, Turkey... shall I go on? Markit Economics latest report shows that they're all above 50 and rising -- which means yes, they're expanding. And by extension, this implies that the global economy is now on a more solid footing. But what about ...

Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
Trouble on the Nile? What trouble? Oh yes, all eyes are still glued to the evolving story about the political unrest. But after Friday night's knee jerk reaction on Wall Street, the temporary fear over the unfolding Egyptian saga proved just that... ...

Middle East mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... accelerated to an annual rate of 3.2 per cent in the fourth quarter from 2.6 per cent in the previous three-month period. Yes, this is less than market expectations for a 3.5 per cent gain... but have you seen the details? GDP grew despite the reduction ...

Levy disaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011