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BOJ in (tactical) retreat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... why kill the goose that's starting to lay the golden egg? My sense is that the BOJ does not want to push the issue further lest Uncle Sam brings out the big guns and brand it a currency manipulator. The BOJ has done this before. It verbally intervened ...

Good Budget, bad Budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
... underlying cash balance (0.1% of GDP) surplus for 2012/13. It amazingly turned into an A$19.4 billion deficit (1.3% of GDP). Lest I be accused of favouring one Party against another, the same thing happened to now Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey's first ...

May cut, may not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... above US$0.80 just last week. The RBA may have no choice but to give the financial markets what the financial markets wants, lest the A$'s April performance repeats. The RBA doesn't want that.

PROFILE: Folkestone MD Greg Paramor

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Folkestone MD Greg Paramor Commercial real estate stalwart Greg Paramor has an unbroken track record of business success. In his latest role as managing director of Folkestone, history is repeating itself. The veteran property investor has founded a ...

Carried away by the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014

RBA to business: release the animal in you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... award-winning journalist who "writes on economics, markets and politics throughout the Asia-Pacific region" (Bloomberg). Lest I be misunderstood, I'm not writing to kill Bill, I just think that Governor Glenn knows his 'body' better, and more important... ...

Fed alert to market reaction to Fed action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... likely market reaction. For example, on the topic of "Monetary Policy Normalization", yup they're considering it but... it lest it spook the markets, add in "this topic was undertaken as part of prudent planning and did not imply that normalization would ...

Governor Glenn lets his jaw drop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... deciding their financing structure, people should not assume that prices always rise. They don't; sometimes they fall." But lest he sparks an uncontrolled house demolition, "Overall, the Bank has not seen developments in the housing market as warranting ...

But they said it was Iraq

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... the Fed. As long as US economic growth remains not good enough for the Fed, monetary policy would remain good for markets. Lest you, I and Irene forget, Aunt Janet is still printing US$45 billion this month and would continue printing US$35 billion in ...

Masseurs Tony and Joey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... and business confidence. Then again... that's if the Australian Senate votes to pass all the measures as is. Disclosure: lest I be crucified yet again, I'm neither an ALP nor Coalition fan.