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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... immediately following his swearing-in into office in January. This compares with the average approval rating of 53 for US presidents that served from 1938 to 2017. Trump's falling approval ratings, to paraphrase Robert Frost, are "... dark and deep ...

Three is the magic number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
... month were on the ball. To be sure, the Fed can't be faulted whether it delivered this third rate hike or not. The Fed presidents of Chicago (Evans) and Minneapolis (Kashkari) even voted against a rate hike this month. This because although GDP growth ...

Activity and inflation going Yellen's way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... That said, as of last month, I and most of my colleagues--the other members of the Fed Board in Washington and the presidents of the 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks-- were expecting to increase our federal funds rate target a few times a year until ...

The president is a Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... highly-qualified, highly-experienced and politically-adept Hillary Clinton. Just ask all those big-time personalities - presidents and celebrities - who endorsed her. Trump's only claim to public office is of him presiding over at the office of 'The ...

The Fed "live" in November

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... president Esther George - warning that the US central bank's 1-2 November FOMC meeting is live. These regional Fed presidents spoke in different tongues but the underlying message is best summed up by Mester who said that the case for a November rate ...

Willis Re appoints global chair

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... chair. Willis Re North America president James Kent and global head of casualty Andrew Newman will succeed Jago as co-presidents. At the same time, Mark Hvidsten has been appointed deputy chair, having most recently been director of strategy and transformation. ...

RBA to deliver nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... do. He was the former adviser to US president Bill Clinton and US president Barack Obama -- yes, not one but two US presidents -- and is also a consultant at PIMCO. Sperling addressed the Diggers and Dealers mining conference in Kalgoorlie and commented ...

CFA Societies wants industry professionals to swear oath

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... to the financial crisis and the recent financial planning scandals. In an open letter to the treasury signed by the presidents of the Sydney, Melbourne and Perth chapters of CFA Societies - Anthony Serhan, Kate Misic and Jason Chesters - the body called ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... All Ordinaries index was up 14 points, or 0.24 per cent, at 5,849.5 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street was closed for the Presidents Day public holiday. LONDON - European stocks closed slightly off as investors awaited the outcome of high-stakes debt talks ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... Australian market looks set to open higher following a mixed performance on European markets with Wall Street closed for the Presidents' Day public holiday. At 0803 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 28 points at 5,373. ...