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Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... profits and you'll find it difficult to justify a double-dip in the US economy. Especially when you have Uncle Sam and Uncle Ben at your side ensuring that the recovery continues.

Ganging up on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
What's it going to be? A strong dollar or a weak dollar policy? The short answer a strong dollar in words, a weak one in deed. Yesterday, I wrote about Uncle Timmy Geithner telling Asia that, "It's very important to the United States, to the economic ...

Battle of the bulge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
"Significant challenges remain. The flow of credit remains constrained, economic activity weak and unemployment much too high. Future setbacks are possible." With these words Virginia, Benny Bernanke again set the market for risk assets alight. Equities ...

Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
There's a new twist in the tale of what we thought to be the ended saga of the GFC. The US equity market's - and by extension most other stock market's - performance over the past few weeks perfectly underscored what I've been trying to convey in my ...
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