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Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... where they dropped by 5.4% and 5.1%, respectively. However Jennifer, the longer-term would not be as bad as our furry friends make it out to be. This is because European authorities are aware of what awaits them if they don't do something, anything. ...

Instant replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... trillion to 40 trillion and adjusting the terms of purchase to allow it to buy more longer-dated government debt. This, my friends, is also a replay of its move only two months ago when it added 10 trillion to its asset purchases programme last February. ...

Best friends forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... easing actions could be warranted if the recovery proceeds at a slower-than-expected pace." Think I'll add her on my FB friends' list too... and while I'm at it I'll also send a friend request to New York Fed President William C. Dudley. Speaking at ...

No QE, not bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
Guess we're no longer BFF (best friends forever) with Ben. No sir, not after he quashed everyone's hopes that QE the third is about to sail. How could you do this to us BFF? It's all over the headlines: "U.S. Stocks Fall as Fed Minutes Damp Stimulus ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... While this is different from HSBC's measure - up to 49.6 from 48.8 - the direction is the same. And from our Japanese friends. Capital spending in the country jumped by 4.9% in the fourth quarter of last year against a drop of 11% in the September quarter ...

Problem solved, not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... wages, and pensions - and these "must" be inked into law by the Greek Parliament. But because he doesn't trust his Greek friends - L-A-W law or not - he wants the EU to have an "enhanced and permanent presence on the ground" to readily monitor and check ...

Shape up or ship out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... "pledge" to push on with austerity measures. At a joint press conference yesterday, Sarkozy announced that, ""Our Greek friends must decide whether they want to continue the journey with us." Friends? Friends wouldn't put you in this predicament. And ...

Cup Day: Aussies to win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... we're going to get an interest rate cut next week. Although there's still a 4% probability the RBA won't. That 4%, my friends, could come in the form of a European announcement of a concerted, comprehensive and credible final solution to its crisis that ...

ASIC appoints two new commissioners

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
ASIC has appointed two new commissioners, with another departing when his term is up in December. Peter Kell joins the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) on a five-year term from November, while Greg Tanzer has been appointed for ...

Disagreeing to agree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... haircut. It seems so easy and moot at first blush - get on with it and just do it. Unfortunately, it's not that simple my friends. Discount Greece's debt by 50% and you'll have all the other PIGIs going wee wee wee all the way home. What would stop Ireland ...