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Greece chooses pain to pain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... Euro equals, well, errr... pain. The Greeks better be prepared for more to come for their decision will only embolden the Germans and strengthen Frau Angie's resolve that austerity is the way to go for all ye PIGS... and Italy. On the flipside, there's ...

PIG now officially PIGS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... match between Spain and Italy. By the looks of it, Spain and Italy should be playing against Germany instead. For the Germans want the 'assistance' to be directed to Spain's Fondo de Reestructuracion Ordenada Bancaria (FROB) rescue fund. This means it'll ...

Grexit and the games people play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... not blinking. No austerity, no more dough. So now, you, I and Irene and our dogs are playing the guessing game while the Germans and the Greeks play their game of chicken. Who'll be the first to blink? For what they are playing at is not choice of austerity ...

Insult me, insult you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... defend not just our own freedom, not just our own country, but the freedom of all of Europe." But I also don't blame the Germans for being distrustful that the Greeks would abide by their commitments - L-A-W or not. The solution to this problem would ...

Waiting to exhale 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... soon to come to a theatre near you, the a,-500B European Stability Mechanism (ESM). However, MarketWatch reports that the Germans are against this combo. There's rumour that the European Central Bank (ECB) will announce an interest rate cut tonight and ...

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... just end up as another exercise in futility if at the end of the day the Europeans don't agree - or more accurately, the Germans vote nein. All will be revealed on the 9th of this month. Our dear Sisyphus also got help from good US stats. The Institute ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... day. "We're retracting due to the contagious European disease that's affecting the whole world," Mr Heffernan said. "The Germans have to become a bit more flexible in their approach," referring to European leaders' stumbling efforts to find a resolution ...

Another lonely night

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... bil at a yield of 1.98%. Yes sir, they sold only 65% of the total they wanted. The wish, hope, prayer here is that the Germans might ease their recalcitrance to EU plans and measures on crisis resolution now that the ill winds that's battered their next-door ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... insistence of maintaining high interest rates in the early 1990s - that unshackled the old exchange rate mechanism (ERM)? The Germans have shown that they're able to change their stance over the past few months, especially when the pain becomes more ...

D-day deferred

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... woodworks tell us not to expect any agreement on the rescue package on the 26 October summit. "Nein" according to the Germans, "non" says the French, "ochi" for the Greeks, "ei" declared the Finns... and so on. Deym, they can't even agree on how to say ...