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Still in Goldilocks land

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... US$85 billion monthly injection, that's still good enough for me. We may not be in Kansas anymore but we're still in Goldilocks land. The Fed is taking a little bit stimulation because it foresees a strengthening economy...but not too much that it reverses ...

Benchmarks stop us thinking: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... finding decisions around mandate design, asset allocation and new investment opportunities more challenging in the post 'Goldilocks' economic environment. AXA IM defines a 'Goldilocks' economy as one that is not so hot that it causes inflation, and not ...

Knights in shining armour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... expanded by 9.5% in the year to the second quarter. But what's so special about this number? Because it could be the Goldilocks setting investors demand of China. Not so hot that it keeps inflation simmering. The June quarter number has slowed from the ...

Goldi-jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... belies murmurs that the Fed is about to terminate QE2. The March US employment numbers are gold - or more accurately, goldilocks. They're strong enough to keep optimism and hopes for a more durable US economic recovery alive but not too strong to spark ...

I heart the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... thing to have in the future should developments turn in an unfavourable direction." With the Australian economy in Goldilocks mode, interest rate settings are just right. Don' t you just heart the RBA?

Goldilocks QE2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... six months, how it would affect yields, how often they expect the Fed to re-assess the program and its ultimate size. Goldilocks QE2. The US Federal Reserve wants to get the quantum of its quantitative easing 2 just right. Too small and financial markets ...

Bad, bad day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... Interpretation? Chinese economic growth would slow. There's just no pleasing markets is there? China could never have a Goldilocks moment with financial markets - it's either too hot or too cold. There were some bad news bears in Europe too. Germany's ...

Risk appetite rises as cash reserves dip

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... positions on banks and raised exposure to cyclical stocks. "April's survey shows a growing number of investors envisaging a Goldilocks scenario of above-trend growth and benign inflation. The findings are consistent with the view that the US consumer ...

Goldilocks Budget 2009

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
Most Australians by now would be suffering from Budget diarrhea. For there is no escape...everywhere you turn, it's Budget 2009 - the second for the Rudd Government and the first in contemporary Australian history of a tough one. Those were the days. ...
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