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Where now brown cow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... next year and Ireland requires "additional official sector support." There's also our old friend Ben testifying before Congress that, "Higher energy prices would probably slow growth, at least in the short run." That they could "create at least short-term ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... points, to 2,410.45. Traders said Monday's announcement by Premier Wen Jiabao at the opening of the National People's Congress - the annual parliamentary meeting - that China would target 7.5 per cent growth in 2012 cast a pall over global markets. WELLINGTON ...

Wen Confucius meets Sun Tzu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... slowing scare was prompted by reports that Premier Wen Jiabao, speaking at the annual meeting of the National People's Congress, lowered the government's growth target from 8% -- the written goal since 2005 - to 7.5% as it steers the economy to a more ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... the lines of, "we're doomed (again) because Big Ben's no longer our friend". Well, Big Ben's testimony before the US Congress continued overnight, again there was not even a whisper of more policy stimulus, nor a hint that another QE is at least being ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... on Thursday following Wall Street's lead where US markets tumbled following the Federal Reserve chairman's address to Congress. Austock securities client adviser Michael Heffernan attributed the selloff to profit taking after favourable economic indicators ...

Austerity's political pay-off

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
Deleveraging in US and Europe is going to be painful and will require courageous actions from politicians that run against the grain, according to head of global investment solutions at UBS. Deleveraging will mean years of slowed growth coupled with ...

Plan 5 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... published an article 13 February 2009 reporting that, "Dennis Blair, Obama's new director of national intelligence, tells Congress that the crisis could topple governments, trigger waves of refugees and undermine allies' ability to help." What happened? ...

Half-filled empty glass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... was Fitch Ratings that was sounding the alarm. It revised its US outlook to negative due to "declining confidence" on Congress' ability to agree on measures to reduce America's debt. However, it still affirmed USA's AAA. Please don't get me wrong. I'll ...

Volcker Rule dramatics continue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... Democrat Congressmen are arguing it still has too many loopholes. The Congressmen believe these loopholes undermine "Congress' intent to protect banking deposits from risky trading activities," they wrote in a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... growth prospects threaten France's stable outlook. "Super" trouble in America. After months of blahs, it looks like the US Congress' "supercommittee on the deficit" is expected to announce today that it has super failed to reach a deal in time for Wednesday's ...