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Bored with half-empty glasses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... more than twice the amount it wants to borrow! Investors buying up more debt from a country that has the third biggest deficit in the Eurozone? What happened to the credit ratings downgrade and threats of more to come? Weren't the severe fiscal austerity ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... every piece of data that comes their way. It started with the fear of Greece's inability to contain its burgeoning budget deficit and make good on its sovereign debt. Greece can't pay so there must be others? Searching... searching. Yes there are! Markets ...

Diageo funds deficits with whiskey

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010

Down on old news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... because of the country's uncertainty over its growth prospects and the achievement of its target of trimming the budget deficit to 6 per cent of GDP by the end of next year from 11.2 per cent in 2009. Uncertainty??? Moody's is still unsure that Spanish ...

Waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
International equity markets' reaction to the weekend's G-20 gabfest was to be expected. They were up a little. They were down a little. Like I wrote on this space yesterday, there was something for everyone - depending on which paragraph of the G-20 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
The Australian market is expected to open lower on mixed leads from offshore trading overnight. Wall Street's key indices were flat to lower, precious and base metals and oil were down, but European markets were higher. At 0745 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

World peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
The weekend's G-20 Summit in Toronto is done, but is it dusted? Their communiquA(C) had something for everyone - it contained a framework for strong, sustainable and balanced growth, something on financial sector reform, a bit on financial institutions ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
The Australian market has received flat to mixed leads from offshore trading, with Wall Street's key indices flat, while indices were down in Europe and Asia. Precious metals traded higher, as did oil and copper. At 0759 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

To spend or not to spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... the spending cuts and tax increases already announced by the previous government to tackle the country's yawning budget deficit. I may be crucified for saying this but... wait for it... I agree with America. There I said it! The lessons of the 1930 Depression ...

A stitch in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... budget deficits in Europe and other western economies and their trade imbalances. Equilibrium dictates that where there's a deficit in one country, it must be made up for by a surplus in another. Surplus country? That's China isn't it? What's one of ...