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Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... and labour. This would ultimately lead to higher government revenues, making it easier and faster to reduce the budget deficit and repay the national debt. Mortgaged future paid! Ahh...but now there's a new scare -- pain from rising interest rates. The ...

Juice flow to continue in 2010

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2010
... of a negative economic response. What about rising sovereign credit risk due to ballooning deficits? Clawing back the deficit this early risks a renewed economic slump that would send unemployment even higher and output slumping. This, in the end, would ...

12 Apostles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... in the day by a positive start to trading on Wall Street, where investors reacted positively to news that the US trade deficit narrowed and that jobless claims maintained a downward trend. The London FTSE 1OO index rose 40.48points, or 0.78 per cent ...

Damned either way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009

Debt load

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... ratings agency has placed Greece below an A grade. The downgrade was prompted by Fitch's concern over Greece's budget deficit which is expected to reach 12 per cent of GDP. But wait...wait! Isn't America's budget deficit already at 12 per cent of its ...

Governments could cause next GFC

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
The developed world's governments could be the perpetrator of the next GFC as unchecked debt and overspending take their toll, warns an expert. Martin Barnes, an investment veteran and managing editor of Bank Credit Analyst Research, told an IMCA conference ...

L-U-V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
LUV is the word. Yes, LUV is gradually becoming the flavour of the financial markets these days. But what is LUV? No, it is not the SMS version of the 'I heart you' variety'. LUV stands for the path of global economic growth. Just last week the Organisation ...

The Art of War

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... the rescue? Step 2. Implement other Sun Tzu strategy, "Hide a knife behind a smile." China is currently funding the US deficit with a smile. Then it'll pounce. But who wins in the end? Maybe Zimbabwe.

Battle of the bulge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... States, that we maintain a strong dollar" while at the same time stressing the government's intention to shrink its budget deficit. Uncle Sam wants to have his cake and eat it too! By sending Uncle Benny out yelling "free money" to everyone in the market ...