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Spend, spend, spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... 2000. Australians' new-found predilection towards savings is not doing the economy any good. Recall John Maynard Keynes' 'Paradox of Thrift'. In simple terms, it means that if people don't spend, companies don't earn. If companies don't earn, they don't ...

Empty orchestra

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... That proved short-lived...but this latest round of foot-shooting could have a longer lifespan. The BOJ now faces a real paradox. Its bond buying programme - aimed at keeping bond yields down and achieving 2% inflation within two years - has just been ...

QE paradox in reverse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... panic attack in the markets has just deferred QE withdrawal day by one extra day at the very least. It's sort of the QE paradox we witnessed back in mid-2012, when markets rallied in anticipation of a Fed QE3 announcement. But the stronger they rallied ...

It's happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013

A week full of question marks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... headline: "Good Jobs Reports = Less QE3 = Stocks Dropping". I don't think this needs any further explaining. It's reverse QE Paradox. Then again, didn't our friend Ben assured us that QE 3 "will remain appropriate for a considerable time after the economic ...

Variant Perceptions' variant perception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... bigger-than-what-we've-seen-over-past-few-day's decline on Wall Street overnight gathers pace before or during his talk. There's the QE Paradox, remember. QE lives! It won't be long now till all's revealed. There'll be disappointment if no QE or any ...

The QE question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... ease financial conditions and strengthen the recovery." To QE not. The stock markets have not collapsed. Remember our "QE Paradox"? Too, as expressed by St. Louis Fed's James Bullard last week, "we have some data since then that is stronger." True, true. ...

The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... dangling in front of our faces, that eternal hope, that promise of a QE. But if you haven't worked it out by now, there's a paradox at work here. Let's call it the QE paradox. This paradox states that the more equity markets rise - and European bond ...

Keynes & Riccardo on display

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... September 2008 and 1.4% in 2005. This explains the US economy's tepid growth and a testament to JMK (John Maynard Keynes) "Paradox of Thrift". It's also proving David Riccardo's theorem. In simple terms, the Riccardian equivalence theory posits that ...

Cost pressures spark Vanguard fee cuts

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
Vanguard has reduced management fees on seven wholesale investment products, in a response to the high level of marketplace price sensitivity. Robyn Laidlaw, Vanguard's head of product management said their scale made the price cut possible. "As a subsidiary ...