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Pleasant and nasty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... diminishing. (Although this is also caused by worries over the massive US dollar supply and concern over the growing US budget deficit - but that's beside the point). Whereas demand for risky ones - equities, commodities, corporate credit and commodity-based ...

The shrinking big dollar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... And this shows risk is reduced? Bite me. The US dollar's depreciation is increasing risk, not reducing it. With the US budget deficit forecast to 13.5 per cent of GDP this year - second only to Britain's 14.4 per cent and higher than Iceland and Ireland's ...

Almost Per-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... 10.1 percent." Now for the negative one-pecta. The US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) raised its forecast for the US budget deficit. The OMB now expects the budget shortfall to climb to US$1.5 trillion 2010, from an initial estimate of US$1.3 trillion. ...

Threat of Lehmannisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... biggest holder of US bonds, Japan the second and Russia third. Like any investor they have a right to be concerned. The US budget deficit is forecast to reach 13 per cent of its national output by the end of this year (the UK no different). Japan - the ...

It's all about China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... you'll always be there at the end of my prayer.' Like any rational investor, China has every right to be concerned. The US budget deficit is expected to reach close to 13 per cent of its national output this year. It could increase further as the Fed ...

Super concession cuts were overdue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
Cuts to superannuation tax concessions are signs of things to come as the government gets on with a program it says will restore fairness to the system. "It is appropriate that those who are better off should help those not so well off," said Shane ...

Danger, Will Robinson!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... next year. US President Barack Obama's future is also definite. Earlier this year, he announced this plans to cut the US budget deficit in half by the end of his first term - mainly by raising taxes for Americans earning US$250,000 a year. Now what's ...

The day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... in the planet. Unlike his predecessor who broke what was fixed - Bill Clinton passed on the reins to George W. with a US Budget surplus 'as far as the eye can see' - President Obama is expected to fix a financial system, nay a capitalist system, that ...

G20 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... overnight news headlines reported by Bloomberg., Jobless Rolls in US Rise to 25-Year High, Exports Plunge on Global Slump, US Budget Deficit Swells to Record $237.2 Billion as Bank Stakes Bought, Germany Enters Recession After Economy Contracted 0.5% ...

Borrow from Peter to pay Paul

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... Whatever the final bill - US$800 billion, US$900 billion, US$1 trillion - the effect on the effect will the same, a US budget deficit blow out. And with foreigners becoming edgy over the fate of the US financial system and the broader economy, they would ...