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The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... bright one. Think Mr. Stevens will back me up on this one. Australians have every reason to feel gloomy looking at our Olympics medal tally - but definitely not with the way our economy is tracking. ================== You can read Ben Ong's monthly economic ...

Blahs take the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
Another day, another blah to keep risk takers happy. Yes Virginia, in keeping up with our Olympics theme, it's turning out to be a blah relay. This time, Eric S. Rosengren -- president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - is running with the blah ...

Maybe next month

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... of Australia (RBA) after its Board meet tomorrow. Australia's athletes may be struggling to capture gold at the London Olympics but as far as our economy goes, we're still top of the league. ================== You can read Ben Ong's monthly economic ...

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Noi! Noi! Noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... safe-haven... if it's not already. Sure, sure we are simply the best, better than all the rest - ok maybe not in the London Olympics - but does Australia want to? Sure there's a certain pride that goes in becoming a major reserve currency - and we can ...

Going for gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... worse-than-expected 0.7 per cent in the three months to June, according to official data published just ahead of the London Olympics. Elsewhere, the Paris CAC 40 gained 0.23 per cent to 3081.74 points and Frankfurt's DAX 30 rose by 0.25 per cent to 6406.52 ...

Debt crisis not so bad for Latin America

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... exports, Brazil in particular is coming more into the investor eye. The nation will soon be hosting the World Cup and the Olympics, with investments in infrastructure and tourism picked to rise. Jose Luis Garcia, co- portfolio manager for MFS Investment ...

UK bid to attract Aussie investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... perhaps less traditional ways. "We have a cluster of sporting opportunities over the next few years arising from the London Olympics 2012, the Commonwealth Games in 2014 and a range of other major sporting will no doubt provide a good set of business ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... Friday as investors gained confidence on expectations China will act to support the mainland market ahead of the Beijing Olympics. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 362.77 points to 22,184.55 WELLINGTON - NZ stocks trimmed early losses to nudge into ...

Commodities investors nervous about inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... how, while disinflation was the Sino-region's gift to the world over the past five years, inflation could be their post-Olympics follow-up, an outcome analysts began predicting more than six months ago. If the push for China to revalue its currency upwards ...