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September -- morn or mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... the Fed raised interest rates in quick succession from 1.0% in 2004 to 5.25% in 2006 -- the one that sparked the Great Recession. This is in line with my observation that the bull market ends during those times when the Fed's rate hikes plunge the economy ...

The "old economy" that is Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... stocks they bought haven't gone bye-bye along with their hard-earned dineros. And oh, this "old economy" hasn't had a recession while America had two between 1999 and now. In fact, Australia hasn't been in a recession since 1991 despite the "tequila ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... Bank of Russia's (CBR) scope to provide additional monetary policy accommodation to counteract the country's deepening recession. Recall that it was the ruble's appreciation since February this year - along with easing CI inflation - that allowed the ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... "humiliate" his country and said the IMF bore "criminal responsibility" for austerity measures that plunged it into recession. His outburst comes after talks between the two sides broke down on Sunday and have yet to restart, and led to calls for him ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... that the global lender bore "criminal responsibility" for austerity measures that plunged the country into a six-year recession. The tensions sent Athens stocks on Tuesday tumbling 4.77 per cent to close at 703.05. after losing nearly five per cent the ...

Rising bond yields a blip

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... Asset Management chief economist, Stephen Roberts. In his latest economic insights column, Roberts said the risk of recession in Australia is still small but higher than it was earlier this year. He said the risk will be worrying the Reserve Bank of ...

Better than the big boys

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... (and the highest read since October 2014), further cementing the upward trend seen over recent months." There goes the recession we longed to have. Recall the headlines when the National Statistician released the "recessionary" first quarter capex data ...

Greece's bundle of debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... repercussions of the IMF-imposed austerity measures were much the same as what Greece is current going through - economic recession, Indonesia's sovereign credit rating junked, rising unemployment, stock market sell-off, social upheaval and street protests ...

The recesssion we longed to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... lower than Estimate 2 for 2014-15" (Australian Bureau of Statistics). It had been so long since Australia has had a recession - 1991 -- that I had to boot up my database to check. And yup, it's confirmed. These sorts of capex numbers - actual and expected ...

PROFILE: Findex chief executive Spiro Paule

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... got us started." Findex began and lived through what were considered some tough years early. Australia was heading for recession following the share market crash of 1987 and the property crash that soon followed. During this time Paule and his wife had ...