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The Fed could get it wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... outlook for economic activity and some judged that downside risks had increased, but most continued to expect a gradual recovery in 2009." From the June 2009 projections, I found this: Real GDP growth 2008 2009 2010 1.0 to 1.6 2.0 to 2.8 2.5 to 3.0 Actual ...

Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... the exchange rate (over) three years were the outcome of diverging monetary policy cycles as well as divergent economic recovery paths between major jurisdictions. They were not intended, it was not an action geared to cause these exchange rate movements. ...

Quantitative easing eases bank lending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015

Holding pattern

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... the prospects regarding the debt problem and the momentum of economic activity and prices in Europe, and the pace of recovery in the U.S. economy," according to the BOJ. Risks that could increase (again) if the RBA is correct that, "The Federal Reserve ...

Lazard launches new alternatives fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... portfolio manager of both the Henderson Horizon Pan-European Alpha Fund and the Alphagen Tucana Fund. "The nascent European recovery offers an attractive backdrop for investors, but remains complex and volatile as evidenced by the sovereign crises of ...

Speculation springs eternal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... does." - had come to pass. My reason: "A September lift could convey to the planet that the US is onto a sustainable recovery and is ready to become the engine of world growth once more." A reason echoed by OECD chief economist Catherine Mann six days ...

Lift Janet lift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... the dog of spending and investment plans. A September lift could convey to the planet that the US is onto a sustainable recovery and is ready to become the engine of world growth once more. Inaction next week would only send speculators speculating on ...

Super Mario returns fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... could get worse. Super Mario says so: "The information available indicates a continued, though somewhat weaker, economic recovery and a slower increase in inflation rates compared with earlier expectations... Taking into account the most recent developments ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... even quoted Standard Chartered chief China economist Ding Shuang saying, "Downside risks are getting smaller... A modest recovery is expected in the second half." To be sure, that was before the yuan devaluation and the disappointing Caixin flash China ...

Manus and Nauru are immoral and risky: super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... 41% (infrastructure) and 60% (resources and industrial). "We could have stayed in the stock and hope for a rally or a recovery, but if they lose the [government] contracts, that will have an impact; so we took the view of getting out," Rodwell-Ball said. ...