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USA is going A-OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... Does anyone expect him now to retract - and admit that it wasn't needed after all - by telling one and all that the US economy is in a good place only less than three months later? You know what happens when he proclaims that the USA is now A-ok, don't ...

Whatever the question, the answer is China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... activity should lead to employment growth that should in turn push up their GDP growth. If this restores confidence in the US economy, it will encourage capital flows back into US treasury bonds that should take the upward pressure off the Australian ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
ust as recent indicators point to a brightening outlook for the US economy, the haze appears to also be slowly dissipating in Europe. "Movin' on up, movin' on up. Movin' on up, movin on up." This tune by M People played in my head as I read Bloomberg's ...

Chimerica threat looms over returns

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... straight at it. That energy is going to be no way dissipated any time soon," said Bennett. "It doesn't matter if the US economy flatlines, the rest of the world will still have strong growth." "We are all very much aware now that our future lay with ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... those nervously quivering autocrats in the region and elsewhere). Wall Street would have continued to buckle if the US economy was still in the dire straits that it inflicted upon itself over the past few years, but no more. It's stronger now. Apart ...

Middle East mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... US firms - despite disappointing results from Ford and Amazon - continue to beat profit estimates. And why not, the US economy has woken up from its summer slumber. Real GDP growth accelerated to an annual rate of 3.2 per cent in the fourth quarter from ...

Haste makes waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... blogosphere and even more professional information services today. We were all convinced... that is, until midyear when the US economy paused and the Fed, instead of withdrawing, printed more money -- the Bank of Japan, the BOE and the ECB also re-started ...

When good is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... in interest rates, no change in US$600 billion QE2. Financial markets expect the advanced estimate to show that the US economy quickened to an annualised rate of 3.5 per cent in the fourth quarter from the third's 2.6 rate. Very good you say? Well yes... ...

Aussies embrace US real estate

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... of a historically favorable exchange rate. In addition, this defensive sector is expected to perform strongly as the US economy recovers. Adams said that Australia's funds are becoming aware of the attractive yields on offer, with two "large" funds set ...

Shopping till unemployment drops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... September (up 7.7 per cent). It also marked the 13th straight month of gains. This is good news and confirms that the US economy is back from its summer hiatus. Even America's own retailers' groupings think so. The International Council of Shopping Centers ...