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Chief economist update: V could still become W

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
It had only been two months (three at most) when the coronavirus started infecting and slaying citizens of planet Earth. Under house arrest and in solitary confinement - forced upon society by social distancing measures and lockdown restrictions - it ...

COVID-19 will bite into credit ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
Nothing focuses the mind as the choice between life and death. This choice has been thrust onto Planet Earth's population by the coronavirus pandemic. So much so, that men, women and children of the world are giving up - willingly or grudgingly ...

Chief economist update: The cheaper alternative

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... isolation - which could probably be extended - may be a tall ask but it's a small sacrifice for us citizens of planet earth in exchange for a healthier and wealthier tomorrow.

Chief economist update: More from Morrison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... on his promise that: "If further funds are required, further funds will be provided." Like every other person on planet Earth, Mr. Morrison is severely affected by the devastation wrought by the bushfires and is now employing all means in his power to ...

Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... you've spent all of last week touring Mars would you not notice that the US Federal Reserve had been busily preparing planet earth for another lift... as soon as next month and by more before 2016 becomes 2017. How could we not, when the Feds - FOMC ...

Three days to lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... continues to price in an 80% chance of a hike... why not 100%? After having talked the talk and prepared the citizens of planet Earth, there remains a 20% chance that it could abort lift-off. Let's not worry that the Fed's favoured inflation gauge - ...

August angst to September mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... markets expected. Besides the slowing Chinese economy is old news... it's a known known. Almost every individual on planet earth has speculated, talked and warned about it for as long as I can remember and the People's Bank of China's successive announcement ...

It might just be a matter of time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... devaluation is a zero sum game... unless, of course, we find life on the moon, on mars or another planet and export planet earth's wares to them. But in the meantime, while we only have planet America to buy our wares, the question is when would Janet ...

Last minute deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... and finance, the political brinkmanship on the debt-ceiling, American politicians would be the laughing stock of Planet Earth (if they aren't yet). US Democrats and Republicans have agreed to extend current federal spending levels until the 15th of January ...

Wolf, wolf

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... to the momentum in the big mining construction projects.'' So what do we do now? Take all our investments out of planet earth and send it to Mars? For I know of only one "downturn so severe it would eclipse the chaos that followed the collapse of Lehman ...