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Central Banks must unite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... effort to thaw the frozen market for this security. At the same time, Fed Chairman Bernanke expressed his views on the US economy, which many interpreted as implying that the Fed is ready to cut rates next week. US authorities are throwing everything ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... before noon AEST, the Senate voted 74-25 in favour of the $US700 billion ($A887 billion) package aimed at keeping the US economy from entering a severe downturn. The package must still return to the lower house of the US Congress, the House of Representatives ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... this morning, was clearly not convinced by the Wall Street bail out and was focusing on the broader issues facing the US economy. "This bailout package is obviously a short term fix, but there are other issues which the market is going to have to continue ...

TARP or TRAP?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... gabfest has again left the financial markets in limbo. Will they? Won't they? Although the long term consequences for the US economy of this mammoth 'bail out' package will be negative, the FSIU maintains that the consequence and cost of doing nothing ...

The good and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... improved the outlook for corporate profits, the financial system and the economy. The financial sector mayhem ends, the US economy resumes its normal cycle, other economies follow. The world is a better place. Negative Scenario: The Exchange Stabilisation ...

Moral hazard remains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
Volatile trading continued on Wall Street overnight as investors continued to digest the implications of the Lehman Brothers' collapse on the financial system. Equities were whipsawed, first sliding on the US Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest ...

Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... - Goldman Sachs? Morgan Stanley? AIG? The Fed may well need to lower interest rates whether it wants to or not. The US economy is slowing fast and the escalating financial crisis is gassing up the slowdown in activity and dragging the entire global economy ...

Oil on slippery slope?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... EC has forecast a recession for the UK, Germany and Spain. With Japan just one quarter away from recession and the US economy expected to slow substantially in the second half, the forward view is for continued deceleration in crude oil prices. This ...

One step forward, two steps back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... significantly counter the problems in the US financial sector. In turn, the problems in the financial sector feed into the US economy, which drags the global economy. The US Treasury's action was designed to lower mortgage rates and ease the credit crunch. ...

Funny Mae, Froggy Mac

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... ordinary Americans throwing up their hands as they come face to face with the threat of losing their jobs amid a slowing US economy. Even if mortgage rates where to fall in half, this would not give any relief to anyone without employment. The US jobless ...