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Downgrade me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... international agencies and, God help us, credit rating agencies. In its latest Fiscal Monitor report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) conveyed its disappointment over progress towards budget tightening in the United States, Japan, Brazil and Europe. ...

When good is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... Ireland's finance bill at best or scuttle it, at worst. No finance bill equals no 85 billion euro bailout from the EU and the IMF. Moreover, Germany remains stubbornly resistant against increasing the 750 billion euro European Financial Stability Facility. ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... than I predicted, Reuters reports that the US would back increasing the European Financial Stability Facility through the IMF. Three: The US economy has awakened from its summer siesta. If financial markets ignored the better-than-expected readings on ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... funds go around looking for weakness between the bonds and the debts that are owed by these countries. "Obviously, the EU and IMF are doing the best they can to alleviate it but the market will continue to speculate on it." Resources, banking and consumer ...

Confidence will return to Ireland: Govt

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... Last month, the Irish government finally caved into its debt pressure and requested assistance from the European Union and IMF to solve its fiscal crisis, and enable it to prop up its ailing banks. News reports note Ireland would receive a,-70 billion ...

Better than a Thanksgiving turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... wrong appeared to have gone wrong yesterday. There was shelling in the Korea's. Ireland's acceptance of the European Union/IMF bailout failed to allay investor fears because of the strings attached... around its neck. China is tightening policy and Chinese ...

Ireland gives in to EU bailout

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
The Irish government has finally caved into the pressure and requested assistance from the European Union and IMF to solve its fiscal crisis and enable it to prop up its ailing banks. The Guardian newspaper reported that Ireland would receive a,-70 ...

Fed & RBA on the ball

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... now? Well let's see. As far as Ireland goes, it's going... to do something, that is. It's got the weight of Europe plus the IMF against it. European Council president Herman van Rompuy has even upped the ante, declaring that '"We're in a survival crisis. ...

Whac-a-mole 2.0

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... year, thank you very much! The Irish government remains adamant in refusing a bail out despite the European Union (and the IMF) practically shoving bail out money down its throat. What to make of all these? Eventually, Dublin would be forced to accept ...

Money, money, money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010