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Volatile like its 2011

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... even better than expected Chinese trade data fails to lift market mood. Chinese exports increased by 15.3% in the year - yippee, no slowdown for exports contribute to economic growth. Chinese imports expanded by 7% over the same period - hip, hip... ...

Thrills, spills and chills

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... The full list of promises here. And for a bit of domestic flavour, the Australian dollar's still holding below US$0.90. Yippee-ki-yay! Thrills, spills and chills would continue but if the fiscal and monetary authorities keep to their promises, we'll ...

Slow and steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... performance - the June number stands head and shoulder above those of the past 18 months. We have lift off!... in the US economy. Yippee-kay-yay! But - yes there's still a but - this excellent one-month data point begs the question, "why, oh why, oh ...

There's the good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014

Run China run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... domestic investors a warm glow. The RBA and the currency are now both working to provide succour to the domestic economy. Yippee-ki-yay! Too, no one ever thought of calculating the statistical probability of recession back then. Not so this time though. ...

Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... right direction. Average hourly earnings increased by 0.3% in September to US$23.58 beating expectations for a 0.2% gain. Yippee, extra spending money. Similarly, average weekly hours ticked up to 34.5 hours last month from 34.4 in August and against ...

Sitting and waiting and still hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... magazine reported that the ECB plans to buy government bonds to place a cap on yields to a pre-set premium over German bunds. Yippee ki yay! This would put a limit on the borrowing costs highly indebted euro countries have to pay. That was until the ...

Maybe next month

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... has not cleared short run visibility of the direction of the US economy. Employment was better than the 100K expected. Yippee! But this is not enough to shift growth into higher gear and reduce unemployment - the jobless rate rose to 8.3% in July from ...

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... on the a,-100 billion aid promised to Spain, with an initial downpayment of a,-30 billion disbursed by the end of July. Yippee! And this would go straight towards bank recapitalisation and not via the Spanish government's balance sheet. Double yippee! ...