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Go figure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
A brand new month, a brand new scare. Yes folks, just when we thought that it's gonna be a bright (bright) sun-shiny day, along comes the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) bearing bad tidings. And if you hadn't had your fill ...

Much ado over more of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
All dressed up and nowhere to go. Yup! Wall Street went nowhere alright. A day before last night's Federal Open Market Committee Meeting (FOMC), Wall Street was all prepped, seemingly ready to take it all, whatever the Fed decides - or more, importantly ...

On caution's side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
Careful...careful. All eyes will be on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today as it deliberates on whether or not to shift interest rates - up or down -- in the country. By merely looking at Australia's domestic economic fundamentals, there are arguments ...

L-U-V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
LUV is the word. Yes, LUV is gradually becoming the flavour of the financial markets these days. But what is LUV? No, it is not the SMS version of the 'I heart you' variety'. LUV stands for the path of global economic growth. Just last week the Organisation ...

Bassanese opens ETF consultancy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
Economist and AFR columnist David Bassanese is banking on the popularity of exchange traded funds (ETFs) when he set up his new ETF research and consulting business for financial planners and self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees. Bassanese opened ...

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 ...

The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
Just less than a year ago, households, businesses and financial markets were bracing for crude oil at US$200 a barrel. And in July 2008, this fear threatened to become a reality when crude oil prices topped US$147.27 a barrel in the international markets. ...

Government must intervene more to promote savings: CEDA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
A leading Australian think tank has called for more interventionist government policy to ready us for the economic impacts of the ageing population. Ivan Deveson, chairman and national president of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia ...

OECD says recovery slowing in US, eurozone

Economic recovery is on track in the worlds biggest industrialised countries but is slowing somewhat in the United States and the eurozone, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said today. The OECD said its composite leading indicator ...

OECD leading indicator data reveals moderate to strong recovery ahead

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has said that its 30-member states are likely to experience moderate to strong recovery ahead according to the latest composite leading indicators (CLIs). October data had signalled continued ...