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A penny saved could spark a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... why am I not surprised? This sort of numbers proves what I've been typing on my keyboard all along - JMK's (John Maynard Keynes) "Paradox of Thrift". He explained how it would be disastrous for an economy if most of its consumers decide to save instead ...

Lost GPS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... it blows up completely. To top it all, there's now this worldwide antipathy towards debt and deficits. When John Maynard Keynes put forth the "paradox of thrift" back in 1800s, he explained how it would be disastrous for an economy if most of its consumers ...

U-G-L-Y

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... is now, but the current unemployment rate of 9.1 per cent would be economic paradise had American authorities not done a Keynes -- in the 1930s depression, the jobless rate surged to 25 per cent. The Fed still has Q3 as an option - and hope and wish ...

Never wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011

JMK rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... earn about US$20 billion all up from its TARP investment - a gain of 8.2 per cent. Another proof that JMK's (John Maynard Keynes) "General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" -- that during times of recession, the government should intervene to ...

ECB to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
he "Rape of Europa" continues. Investors are circling around like vultures around Portugal and Spain perhaps until the whole of Europe burns. Oh yes, Virginia, there's a niggling feeling that ultimately Europa will be raped and this would cause untold ...

Chireland hurdled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
What's seemingly wrong at the beginning of last week became whole again - maybe - by the close. Fears that China would impose measures to extract excess liquidity to bring down inflation came to pass - fears passed, Beijing passed tightening measures. ...

Bad news is good news is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... economy in the long term. But what good will it do if the economy dies before the long term? Remember JMK's (John Maynard Keynes) immortal words, "In the long run, we're all dead!"

Home trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
Horrendous! Terrible! Shockingly disappointing! These are just some of the adjectives the financial press quoting the analysts, quoting the economists, quoting the experts used to describe last night's disappointing US housing data. Latest figures from ...

Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... construction fell by 0.8 per cent and 0.5 per cent, respectively. But isn't this what the stimulus is supposed to do? John Maynard Keynes will be proud. Europe it's turning inside out Yeah! Crisis? What crisis? Markit Economics reported last night that ...