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Meredith Whitney

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... his inherent gift of the gab, was ignored. So were US Treasury Timmy Geithner and Ben Bernanke. And what happened when the OECD and the IMF raised their global economic outlook? Ignored. For four straight weeks Wall Street - and consequently the rest ...

Up yours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... quarter real GDP to US Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke's testimony before the House Oversight Committee through to the IMF and the OECD raising their global growth outlook. Yes Virginia, seek and you will find. There will always be something to explain ...

Up, Down, Flat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... again. The World Bank lowered its global economic growth forecasts for 2009 and 2010 just last Monday. And guess what? The OECD was in print overnight, announcing its revised forecasts. It now predicts that economic growth for its 30 members would be ...

OECD vindicates govt super reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
The OECD has vindicated the government's Budget strategy for reforming retirement income policy when it revealed that Australia has the fourth highest poverty rate among the OECD countries for seniors and retirees. The finding lands a fatal blow to ...

Good news in inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... second straight month of inaction. And why not? Australia could brag of having the best performing economy in the 30-nation OECD grouping in the March quarter. An unexpected 0.4 per cent growth in the first quarter prevented the country from posting ...

Up and over in the land downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... 'I'll have what Australia's having.' No doubt this would be the envious chorus from the 29 other member countries of the OECD upon seeing our economic performance. But dodge a recession it did not. Australia's escape from R was engineered - by the Reserve ...

Forecasting foibles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
My forecasts are gloomier than yours! The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has joined the fray of gloomier international forecasters. The World Bank (WB) started to get glum at the start of the year, quickly followed by the ...

Infrastructure wins pension funds votes

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... unlisted infrastructure investing - but they could soon face stiff competition from their international rivals. According to an OECD report on pension fund investment in infrastructure, interest in both listed and unlisted infrastructure is on the rise ...

UniSuper ramps up Asia corporate governance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... investments, it will also encourage greater participation from other global investors," he said. The approach is consistent with the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance, which highlight the need to address cross-border impediments and encourage institutions ...

G20 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... Growth Slumps, Adding to Risk of Deeper Slowdown, EU's Juncker Says Euro Region's Economy `Not Very Far' From a Recession, OECD Forecasts Recessions in US, Europe, Japan; Urges Government Action Not that anyone is complaining. Fact is Australian equity ...