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Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... - the stagnation of the Japanese economy, the Asian currency crisis and Russian debt default, GST, September 11, US recession, GFC, Greece - and yet, it's continued to grow... uninterrupted. Oh and also, the economy grew at a 4% annual clip in 1990s ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... which turned out to be the GFC episode bottom and months later, the National Bureau of Economic Research declared the US recession finished in the June quarter of 2009. There's plenty more of Roubini's failed forecasts as enumerated by Eric Tyson in ...

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
Reverend Cleophus James: Do you see the light? Elwood: What light? Reverend Cleophus James: Have you seen the light? Jake: Yes! Yes! Yes!... I have seen the light! - The Blues Brothers Yes, yes, yes, Virginia, gauging from the rally in equity and commodity ...

Be glad for A$ weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... the Asian Crisis when it dropped from more than US$0.80 to below US$0.60. It deflected the fallout from the 2001 US recession and September 11 by depreciating from US$0.65 to below US$0.50. It cushioned the economy during the GFC when it dropped from ...

Bulls see red

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... Point, California on 9 March 2009. Yes, the exact date that the S&P 500 index bottomed! And three months before the US recession officially ended! The doom and gloom presently being peddled all over the place should bring a more decisive and coordinated ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
Next stop: Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Lucky we're just a few hours away from the main event for I don't think I could take the suspense much longer. All eyes - or should I say, all ears - will be on US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke from the very ...

Willing America into a dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
Are we there yet? This question seems to be in everyone's mind at the moment. There here means an American recession and perhaps a European one. I must admit that despite checking up on the indicators that the US National Bureau of Economic Research ...

On the verge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
... again down again weekly jobless claims. It was down last week, remember? And financial markets concluded that no US recession is in the offing. It was up last night, so it's recession one more time baby. It's also not data showing another big drop in ...

Lost GPS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... available to me is the only indicator in this collection that looks to be topping out. The bottom line is that fears of US recession at this point are premature. But having said that, if the negative mood on equity markets persists, it could erode consumer ...

Digit says recession averted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... expectations for an increase to 405,000. Better - this the lowest level in four months. Wonderful! Hip, hip. The US recession risk is no more! I'll take any positive rationale as long as it is rational. But this, to me, isn't - not by a long shot. Not ...