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Debt, deficit, now deflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... for the weak performance of those scripts on The Street last night. But what did the Fed decide? It decided on nothing. Oh sowee, it did. The Fed decided not to change policy settings this month. "...the Committee will continue purchasing additional ...

Too much ado over MYEFO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... point is that you can dissect, defend or deride the MYEFO until the cows come home to roost (oops, mixed metaphors again sowee), the broader picture is that the MYEFO has not deviated much from the May Budget. Yes, yes, the underlying cash surplus for ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012

Fed's about to go... or not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... 11 of the 12 apostles - the voting members - of the US Federal Reserve voted for this "action" with only Judas... errr, sowee I meant Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President, Jeffrey M. Lacker, voting against this "action". "I'm so excited and I just ...

The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... If the low inflation rate is the rationale for the RBA will still be cutting rates call, then that's ok too. Howeva, and sowee to be stating the obvious, the RBA looks at the whole macro picture and it sees a bright one. Think Mr. Stevens will back me ...

Blahs take the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... Let's also not forget that the only certainty in financial markets is uncertainty. "Unusually uncertain times" my butt. Oh sowee, I sorta remember a case when Pimco was so certain about the future that, according to Bloomberg, Pimco "eliminated government-related ...

Digging dirt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... "Outside mining, Australia is in the midst of a downturn in residential, commercial and public sector infrastructure activity." Sowee but there's one more. Agriculture prices are soaring. Food crisis! Reduced disposable income! Rising inflation! Less ...

PIG now officially PIGS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... searching for the meat in the 'no more pain in Spain' headlines and found that there's none as of yet. Surprise, surprise. Sowee, but I've already lost track of how many times European authorities have done this over the past three years - announce something ...

Bulls run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... ratings of Greece on 2 May - only four days after the French and Greek elections that re-started this current market rout. Sowee, I just have to get that out of my system. Anyways, current developments in the Eurozone support my presumption that speculations ...