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Goldilocks QE2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
Take this Friday off. For while we can talk... discuss... and argue about fresh economic stats, earnings reports, survey data out of America or even Fed speak, all these would no longer matter in less than one week from now. America's political landscape ...

QE2 or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... when - according to the National Bureau of Economic Research Business Cycle Dating Committee - the US recession ended. Well guess what? The fresh data on industrial output suggest - rather, confirm -- the renewed weakness in America. According to the ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... government's interventionist policies, their local produce and exports are still cheaper than those "Made in America". And guess who's also buying these cheap-er emerging economy exports? My QE is bigger than yours. As the prospect of QE2 increases ...

Parity not quite a party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... the pride of the nation. We now have greater purchasing power when we buy those imported produce we so dearly love. And guess what? We can travel cheaply to the countries that manufacture the produce we so dearly love to buy the produce that we so dearly ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
... that nobody tried to remind investors, there were plenty of warnings on the blogosphere days before September even began. Guess what! The first 24 days of the month have pushed up the S&P 500 index up by 9.4 per cent and the Dow by an equally strong ...

Recession over, now for the recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... Dating Committee pronounced that the US recession that began in December 2007 is officially "dead, buried and cremated". And guess what? This is what our prescient Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) accurately "guessed" exactly 14 months ago. ...

Yen sunk but not for long

BENJAMIN ONG IS FINANCIAL STANDARD'S DAILY COLUMNIST ON THE ECONOMY  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010

One report, two spins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... the ones that make up 70 per cent of the economy - would be reluctant to shop that has created this fear of a double-dip? Guess what? They're spending now. Yeah, but. But what? Consumers are again dipping back into their savings. Personal savings as ...

Not a jobless double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
Double-dip here we come! Yes Virginia, we're on our way back to the abyss. This, if you believe the talking heads and the written words on the financial media after the latest update on US employment hit trading screens last Friday night. The numbers. ...

AUSCOAL Super chief wins award

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... absolutely fantastic... FEAL [has existed] nine years and still going strong." "I'm pleased it has gone up from $10k to $20k. I guess I don't have to see my Maritime friends and organise a ship. I'd be able to fly somewhere," he joked. According to Rainmaker ...