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Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... still weak economy. And for our final destination, we cross the Atlantic to the land of milk and honey - the home of Uncle Sam. Did I say home? Funny that because last night's release suggests that no one's at home - or they're not building more. US ...

Seeing evil, hearing evil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... US$14,300,000,000,000 roof as politicians bicker over who's more patriotic. Politicians need to agree to raise the ceiling else Uncle Sam would default on its debts. And that's a bad, bad thing. China, the biggest owner of US Treasuries, would suffer ...

He's just a man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... retaliation. But even if there's none, can bin-L's passing add an iota to US economic growth or deduct another iota from Uncle Sam's debts? Can it reduce the strain on Europe's sovereign debts or China's rising inflation? Can it solve Japan's nuclear ...

Thanks S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... the predicted 540K gain. And this, I admit, is one other factor I failed to talk about yesterday with regards to the Uncle Sam's ability to payback its debt obligations. A growing economy puts more revenues in government coffers. The US budget was able ...

Much ado over a known known

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... same old, same old worries over Europe but last night... last night it was all about the biggest economy in the world - Uncle Sam's country, America! Standard & Poor's "downgraded" its outlook for US sovereign debt to negative from stable "Because the ...

Fed money drives black swans away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... GOP now wants US$40 billion. I don't know about you but what's a US$7 bil difference in the grand scheme of things? Uncle Sam has already poured trillions into the US economy over the past few years. What does a government shutdown mean? According to ...

China no slow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... revalue its currency has not work. Neither have threats of trade sanctions. Now it has come to this. "You owe us!" Sorry Uncle Sam, but who owes who? Beijing's now got you by your cojones. More so now that China just keeps on growing. Reports out yesterday ...

Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
Uncle Sam and his citizens celebrate the day of thanks today. They have much to be thankful for -- they have had bountiful harvest, there's US$600 billion of it coming their way. But not only that, their economy has come back to life after the mid-year ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... According to Bloomberg, "Individual income tax collections climbed 17 percent" in the year to October. Now how could the Uncle Sam collect more tax revenues from taxpayers if Americans are really in such a bad state as some pundits claim? The answer ...

Head faked again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... that the added liquidity in the system this engenders would seek higher yields elsewhere. Would rather lend money to Uncle Sam at 2.6 per cent for 10 years or seek higher returns elsewhere, say Australian cash for 4.75 per cent or the BRICs or other ...