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When?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... published after the 18 March meeting. It's more dovish. I'll let you compare the pair. Here's the 19 March 2015 Statement (http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/monetary/20150318a.htm) and here's April's (http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/monetary/20150429a.htm). ...

Now for Australia's debt surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... Jacob Greer in the Australian Financial Review (AFR) headed, " Australia has world's worst debt trajectory, IMF says" (http://www.afr.com/news/policy/budget/australia-has-worlds-worst-debt-trajectory-imf-says-20150415-1mlmwj). To horror of horrors to ...

Floating in money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... IMF's forecasts. Woefully, looking at zerohedges's ""Hilarious Charts Of The Day: IMF's "Growth Forecasts" Over Time"( http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-08/hilarious-charts-day-imfs-growth-forecasts-over-time) shows that the IMF tends to start on ...

2015: a lift year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... Francisco when she discussed the whys and wherefores of "Normalizing Monetary Policy: Prospects and Perspectives". (http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/yellen20150327a.htm) "Like most of my FOMC colleagues, I believe that the appropriate ...

The die is cast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... as those yields are not below the ECB deposit rate at time of purchase. The ECB deposit rate is currently -0.2%". (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-05/here-s-how-ecb-qe-will-work) And also because of the demand/supply imbalance. You, I ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... easing programme last night. Special thanks to Bloomberg for saving me work and publishing the details in dot points (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-05/here-s-how-ecb-qe-will-work). Money, money, money... and yet Wall Street doesn't seem ...

Majority slammed (again), equities dunked, A$ fouled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... decision. "ASX tanks as investors turn after RBA rate decision" was the Sydney Morning Herald's glaring spooky headline (http://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/asx-tanks-as-investors-turn-after-rba-rate-decision-20150303-13tu5k.html#ixzz3TLodSzo0). Read ...

A little tweet told me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... in my mouth and digesting every single letter of the erroneous pre-supposition I wrote on this space three days ago (http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/47857372) about how the reported deal between Greece and "the institutions" reported over ...

Women in Super launches executive education scholarships

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), was the guest speaker. To enquire about the scholarships, go to www.womeninsuper.com.au.

Stimulate or deflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... asked on this space, "Could it be? Could it be that global deflation would be the next one on our list of worries?" (https://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/44715281) and followed up with "Have no fear, the central banks are here. They are printing ...