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Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... the US economy -- has jumped above 50 (51.5) in September from 49.6 in the previous month. And that's even before the Fed, ECB and BOJ's QEs have had enough time to work their way into the real economy. Green shoots anyone?

Spanish austerity and Chinese take-away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... ahead, ask for a bailout. Because it's only after it goes a-begging begs that Super Mario's OMTs will be triggered and the ECB can start buying its bonds. This is what's different from the PIG experience of yesteryears. There is now a willing and ready ...

The pain in Spain does not fall mainly on the plain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... border debt sharing," they said. (MarketWatch) Looks like we've come full circle folks -- back to where we were before the ECB's OMTs, the Fed's QE3 and the BOJ's APP. But if history is any guide, we just need to be patient a few more days. Wall Street ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... this month might not boost the economy as much as hoped. Eurozone debt fears were also fuelled after a European Central Bank (ECB) official said it could not restructure Greece's debt with the regional lender, while tensions between China and Japan continued ...

Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... as a safe haven currency owing to Australia's relatively better fiscal position. Unintentional or otherwise, the Fed, the ECB and the BOJs - and the expected to be handed down soon BOE - quantitative easing programmes will debase their respective currencies ...

No BO news till elections please?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... on the government to request for a bailout - and the stigma attached to it - in a hurry. Speaking of not rushing, the IMF, ECB and EC troika do not seem to be in a hurry releasing its verdict (the disbursement of the next tranche of aid) on Greece either. ...

Market Wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... Shares looked set for a positive end to a week that saw the Bank of Japan follow the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank (ECB) in unveiling plans to boost growth, but also showed manufacturing in China was still shrinking. Tokyo on Friday rose ...

Waiting to digest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
With three of the world's biggest central banks - The Fed, the ECB and the BOJ - flooding the world with money, financial markets are still digesting what this all means. The "will they, won't they" do a QE question had been answered. They did. Now ...

Welcome to the QE Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012