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May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... April from 50.9 in March and lower than the expected 51.0 print. A mayday call perhaps...but only if you forget that the Politburo is doing this purposely in the name of rebalancing its economy towards domestic consumption. There were no major nasties ...

No problemo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... financial markets only a day before. It may have disappointed markets expecting an 8.0% print, but certainly it hasn't the Politburo. They're targeting 7.5% remember? And as I've discussed yesterday, the angel's in the details - the National Accounts ...

China's turn to provide buy opportunities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... China's just putting property off the boil and more affordable for the greater majority. And it was perfectly timed by the Politburo. Financial markets predict China would grow by around 8%-8.2% this year. This is more than what Wen wants. Wen wants ...

Grexin Brixit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... solved...at least for now. There's less uncertainty for China too. Whether it's via creative accounting (as some suggest) or politburo directive, it's not gonna land hard - not anymore. There's also less uncertainty over Japan's direction and commitment ...

China: economy rising, market sinking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... Chinese economic growth accelerates to the 14%-15% rate per annum it was pumping back in 2007. And I don't think the Politburo - the outgoing and the incoming - would allow that to happen again, not after the surge in inflation the overheating economy ...

Chinese equities poised for reform: BlackRock

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... posts after the 19 th party congress in five years time. There were few surprises last week when the new members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party were announced. As many commentators were predicting, the committee was ...

Worried about the US? Buy US Treasuries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012

Markets await promising China leadership change

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... while Vice Premier Li Keqiang should replace Wen Jiabao. Chan added: "Although a princeling, Xi Jinping looks to head a Politburo Standing Committee that is more pro-reform, and looking further out, this has to be positive for investments." Where previous ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... respectively - taking the official cash rate down to 3.25%. And though many still await more stimulus measures from China, the politburo has already set some in train: There's the estimated 1 trillion yuan worth of infrastructure projects to build 2,018 ...

China FDI flow slows, and?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... in 2010 and US$468.2 bil in the last five months of the year. Ahh, then again... don't forget this is China and the politburo declared a self-imposed slowdown to cool its overheating economy back then. This time, Premier Wen is imposing the reverse and ...