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Tsipras has a dream

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... outbreak of herpes... Greece is again the word. Greece may have a fresh face holding the begging bowl to the IMF/ECB/EU troika in Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras but it's the same old, same old game of chickens. Tsipras begsA "please sir, may I have some ...

Greece what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... his secret weapon - the OMTs. Except for the Greeks, that is. They're still begging for bailout. Earlier this week, the troika - EU, ECB, IMF - dropped a cool a,-6.8 billion into Athen's begging bowl. Another tranche amounting to about a,-3.0 billion ...

Lotsa data but no game change (yet)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... Portugal too. The political uncertainty there is looking more certain. And Greece...it's secured a,-6.8 billion from the troika (yeah sure, like they won't and risk re-starting the crisis again). However, the bestest news would have to be ECB President ...

Ghosts? What ghosts?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... Lisbon's recovery. There's also Greece - it might not get the next tranche of its bailout worth a,-8.1 billion. The IMF/EU/ECB troika has given Athens three days (two days and counting now) to show it's continuing to meet its bailout conditions or it's ...

No Grexit, no Cyprexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... and I could not track where that missing dude went. But back to the point. The point is that it's Cyprus turn to hold the troika by the cojones. The PIGS have done it so why couldn't they? The troika blinked when much larger sums were involved, what ...

So stupid it could actually make money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... are holding up a neon sign, written in Greek and Italian, saying 'Time to stage a run on your banks!'" Another way the troika rationalises its imposition of the '(in)stability levy' on Cyprus is that it is a one-off. But what's next? They could impose ...

The Celtic Tiger gets back its roar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... of the United Kingdom on google maps on optimism that it would soon not have to rely on the kindness of the EU/IMF/ECB troika for its sustenance. Ireland's successful 10-year benchmark government bond auction - the first bond sale since its bailout in ...

Sweeet!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... penned on this column that "bankruptcy could be bliss" for the country. I still subscribe to that idea but methinks the troika (and Germany) is gonna prove me wrong - they're now heading towards forgiving Greece its trespasses instead. I say this because ...

Ten-year future vs. 10-minute tick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... bigger-than-expected 14% year-on-year drop in new yuan loans in October. Last night, the worries returned to Europe and whether or not the troika would drop another penny into Greece's begging bowl despite Athens' compliance with its benefactors' pre-conditions ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... Eurogroup of finance ministers, said Greece had "delivered" on its economic reform pledges and a long-awaited report from its troika of creditors - the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund - is "positive". But Germany ...

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