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May's not far away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... away. And right on cue, the financial news are getting gloomier. We've already touched on the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) downgrade of global economic growth from 3.3% to 3.5%, China's disappointing 7.7% GDP scorecard in the first quarter, anxiety ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... economic outlook and events in Boston have triggered a flight to quality," said RIA Capital Markets analyst Nick Stamenkovic. The IMF cut its world growth forecast for 2013 on Tuesday as the eurozone recession continued to drag, but predicted growth ...

No problemo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... equities. No problemo! It was on full display last night. Wall Street up at the same time that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) lowered its 2013 growth forecast to 3.3% from the 3.5% it predicted only three months before. No worries. In the minutes ...

Falling BRICs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... to come up with a bailout agreement or it'll halt emergency funding of the tiny island nation's banks. Didn't the ECB, the IMF, and the EU also threaten Greece not so long ago? They're forced to renegotiate when Greece gave them the one finger salute. ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... increase in payroll and income taxes and the automatic government spending cuts. The day before the cuts went into effect, the IMF went on record saying that, it would reduce its 2013 US growth forecast of 2.0% by 0.5% as a result of the "$85 billion ...

No Grexit, no Cyprexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... that the Cypriot government doesn't know that. The troika is very much aware too. Oh yes they know. That's why Christine - IMF's managing director - recently commented that she was in favour of modifying the deal. That's why Brussels had agreed for Cyprus ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... day as the Cyprus banking crisis sent jitters through markets. The huge tax on bank depositors included in the weekend EU-IMF bailout plan for Cyprus sent stocks sinking from the opening bell as outrage spread across the Mediterranean island country ...

So stupid it could actually make money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... apologies for messing up your immortal classic Frank (Sinatra) but it's been playing in my head since the clever people at the IMF, the EU and the ECB -- and oh, also in Germany - decided to throw away the sanctity of the most sacrosanct of the average ...

The Celtic Tiger gets back its roar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... on the left 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 ...

The virtuous cycle is back in play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... spending cuts known as 'sequestration' came into effect last Friday, the 1st of March. Yes, that one. That unkind cut that the IMF predicts will shave half a percent to its forecast 2.0% growth for the US this year. The one that the Congressional Budget ...