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Haste makes waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
I'm sure I've seen this movie before. Most of you have too. It was shown on monitors near you at about this time last year. Yes, my dear Virginia, the film, "The Fed and other developed country central banks will start withdrawing policy - possibly ...

Hooray it's Oprah day

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... because the problem the Oprah visit is trying to fix is that this year Australia's tourism sector is expecting a $9 billion deficit, being the difference between expenditure on outbound versus inbound tourism. It follows the now infamous $180 million ...

Grinch vs Santa

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... US bond yields reflect investors fear that Big Benny's QE2 plus BO's fiscal largesse equals higher inflation and bigger deficit down the line. You and I know what higher inflation and bigger deficits does, don't we? They put upward pressure on interest ...

Lift NZ retirement age to 67

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... the longer we leave it, the more it will hurt when it has to change," he said on his Facebook page. NZ's current account deficit is now 2 per cent, falling from a high of 8 per cent at the height of the GFC. Unemployment has decreased to 6.5 per cent ...

Santa's in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... recovery - enough to enable the government to offset the potential loss in revenue and potential increase in the budget deficit that this fiscal largesse generates.

ECB relents, sort of

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... their bond market. It's been so good for the Germans that its finance ministry even boasted last night that the country's deficit could decline to the European Union's 3 per cent of GDP limit next year. So no "extraordinary" juice... at least for now. ...

US considers retirement reforms

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
As part of a broader effort to get the US debt position under control, President Obama's deficit commission has proposed raising the retirement age and commencing a serious discussion around increasing retirement savings. It echoes the kind of debate ...

Confidence will return to Ireland: Govt

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... for the international markets and for Irish citizens that we can restore order to the public finances, reach our budget deficit target of 3pc of Gross Domestic Product by 2014 and stimulate economic recovery by investing in enterprise and jobs," said ...

A QEasy road ahead for investors

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
The US Federal Reserve's recent decision to employ a second round Quantitative Easing could be the catalyst for another downturn in markets, according to a leading strategist. Matthew Sherwood, Perpetual's head of investment markets research, told Financial ...

Turkeys, PIGS and Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... them to fund those deficits. The rumour becomes true. Their credit ratings are downgraded. Interest rates rise some more. Deficit funding becomes even harder. They ask for bailout. The bond vigilantes were correct all along. That's the reason why Spanish ...