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Open wide, come inside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... November. Worse, it has the widest deficit - budget and current account - among its peers. Based on the "Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU)" forecast, India will end the year 2012 with a budget deficit equivalent to 6.1% of GDP and a current account ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... not? Australia is AAA-rated while the US only has two A's. Australia has a lower budget deficit. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) predicts a shortfall of 0.7% of GDP at the end of this year -- more than 10 times that of Uncle Sam's minus 7.6% But ...

HNW clients give brokers the 'thumbs down'

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... individuals, brokers failed to alter their operating models to reflect this reality, CoreData's Private Bank Intelligence Unit found. In a focus group of HNWIs with $2 million plus in investable assets, and an online satisfaction survey, brokers were ...

Upside surprises to surprise on the upside

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... got lucky - but it certainly is a nice feeling. For reports out last night justified the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's (FSIU) view that with almost everyone and his dog anticipating gloom heading into the New Year, there is a greater likelihood ...

AustralianSuper creates Asian footprint

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... region." Prior to joining AustralianSuper, Joske was director of the China Forecasting Service at The Economist Intelligence Unit, where he managed economists and econometricians to provide advice to companies on the factors driving structural change ...

The majority is wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... to water but you could not make drink. The Australian central bank saw it the way at the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) did. What we said, "The lag in the transmission mechanism of monetary policy means that the RBA's November and December ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... Maastricht Treaty requiring Eurozone members not to have a budget deficit greater than 3% of GDP? On Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) data, only 3 years after the adoption of the euro - and the Treaty - in 1999, Germany's budget deficit went beyond ...

Damned to default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... the WSJ, the country's budget deficit will exceed 8.5% of GDP this year (10% of GDP according to The Economist Intelligence Unit), "as the government struggles to meet revenue goals." How in hell could you expect additional revenues when you've sacked ...

Not in the mood for bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... Beijing's slammed the brakes harder. But no, today financial commentators have sided with the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's (FSIU) long running view - that all is and would be well in Chinatown. Here's the blurb from Reuters: "The 25-basis-point ...

I'm still standing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... I add enriched those who stayed the course. Sure, Greece gave us a scare. But we, at the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU), never doubted that it would be bailed out and suggested picking up the bargains on offer in the financial markets. And ...