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G-20 gabfest at Gyeongju

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... also the height of hypocrisy for the US Treasury to ask other countries to allow their currencies be when the US Federal Reserve is poised to flood the global financial system with newly minted US dollars. The point is that downward pressure on the US ...

Pigs are bacon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... flows. But they're no fools -- well, maybe. Just think what that implies to their domestic economy. Or the US Federal Reserve could decide not to push through with QE2. These are all unpalatable choices given the current state of the US economy. Timmy's ...

QE2 or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
You can almost hear the Wall Street's collective hallelujahs after the US Federal Reserve reported an unexpected fall in industrial production. And no, that is not a typo. Wall Street was actually happy that it was disappointed. Huh? Yes, you read correctly. ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
"...there would appear--all else being equal--to be a case for further action." With these words, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke virtually ensured that Christmas is coming in November - no ifs, ands, buts or maybes. At least, that's what financial ...

Meaning to the meaningless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
... trading activity on Wall Street, there's none. Investors are simply treading water while they wait for the US Federal Reserve and its QE2. Tomorrow's data on US retail sales, consumer confidence, Empire State manufacturing and the budget statement should ...

QE2 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... very soon unleashed QE2 - that all-American hero - to rescue America. Hooray! News overnight reported that the US Federal Reserve had already been preparing for this since its FOMC meeting last 21 September. According to the minutes of the FOMC meeting ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... market indices were slightly lower, but Wall St bounced back in late trading following indications from the US Federal Reserve that it was preparing for further stimulus measures. Precious metals and oil were lower. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at ...

Bad news is good news is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... expect that the flood - the flood of money - would not be long in coming. Financial market speculation that the US Federal Reserve would now be forced to open the money floodgates very, very soon have now turned into conviction. Wall Street is assured. ...

Parity not quite a party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... America's economic outlook is for a slow recovery at best. The very reason for mounting speculation that the US Federal Reserve would soon engage in further monetary expansion. This speculation would gather more momentum if tonight's US overall non-farm ...

Gotta love gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... per cent increase in the FTSE-100 index. Equity markets in the Eurozone and Japan are still in the red. The US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting last week has given gold extra shine. The FOMC statement that accompanied the ...