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Mercer outlines top trends for 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... that in a "two speed world", investment decisions will be based on the dynamic of inflation (in the emerging world) and deflation (in the developed world). On the other hand, some of its predictions for 2010 - for instance, the idea that "the big macro ...

Whac-a-mole 2.0

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... government's heads are included for extra fun. Yes Virginia, just when we thought that the Fed has whack the head of deflation and unemployment in the United States of America with its freshly minted US$600 billion mallet, two heads popped up - China ...

Thanks but no thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... dumping US$75 billion a month - US$110 bil if you include QE1) - it'll be primarily because it sees its fight against deflation and unemployment has been won.

What ifs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... US Federal Reserve's US$600 billion QE2 is a perfect example. It's designed to boost job creation in the US and stop deflation in the US. Never mind that its more immediate consequence - US dollar depreciation - hurts America's neighbours. The same reasoning ...

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... system every month for the next eight months. Good. Yes, good. That takes care of America's problem with the threat of deflation and the millions of Americans who are still looking for jobs. Maybe... The US$600 billion QE2 package has lifted commodity ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... Australia's not only supporting the US war against terror, it's also said nothing about the US Federal Reserve's war against deflation and unemployment. Unlike the increasing number of countries voicing their protests against the Fed's US$75 billion ...

QE2 is Gold(ilocks)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... that the Fed could decide to end the program in just a couple of months if data shows the economy picking up and the deflation threat has passed. They've also given themselves flexibility if incoming info shows otherwise. Clever, isn't it? It's gold( ...

Head faked again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... a return to inflation in America through QE2. Later tonight, we'll find out how much the Fed will be paying to keep deflation away - US$500 bil? US$750 bil? US$1 tril? US$2 tril? The road to ruin is paved with good intentions someone said. And the Fed's ...

G-20 gabfest at Gyeongju

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... shock and awe the financial markets that the US central bank is determined to raise inflation expectations - prevent deflation - in the economy and strengthened the recovery. Anything less than this would take America back to square one, disappoint the ...

QE2 or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... accommodation is appropriate today." Then there's also Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren, "Insuring against the risk of deflation may be much cheaper than waiting until it has occurred and then trying to address it." So now all we have to do is sit ...