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My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... 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 to be all that sunny - the S&P 500 and the Dow closed nearly flat, up 0.1% ...

Tme to get fiscal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... the world on both - we haven't maintained our AAA credit rating for nothing, you know. And now's the time to borrow when money's cheap as chips - at current bond yields, Australia can lock in a low interest rate of 2.41% over the next 10 years - or just ...

Breathing space or gasping room?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... had clinched an agreement on economic measures that Athens must enforce to secure the release of further crucial rescue money." This was the opening line of an article in the New York Times (NYT) titled, "Greece Reaches a Deal for More Bailout Money". ...

BOJ optimistic as forever

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... surprises following the conclusion of its 17-18 February monetary policy Board meeting. "The Bank of Japan will conduct money market operations so that the monetary base will increase at an annual pace of about 80 trillion yen." No one really expected ...

Super Mario delivers huge stimulus package

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... and "the potential for second-round effects on wage and price-setting" - the still sizeable "economic slack" and subdued "money and credit developments". Barring anymore nasty surprises, this should work (crossed fingers... on both hands), just be aware ...

Shanghai-HK Connect connects China to the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... According to WSJ Marketwatch, "The plan is expected to increase trading volumes on stock exchanges in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Money managers will initially be subject to investment quotas. Northbound investors, those buying A shares via the Hong Kong ...

QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... Reserve no longer printing fresh mints at the same time that the European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to roll out its money printing machine and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) anticipated to print some more. The Fed killed QE because "Information received ...

US$200b a quarter to keep the bulls going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
"Having money isn't everything, not having it is." - Kanye West Nah Virginia, at my (middle) age, I'm not one who enjoys hip hop, techno, punk, goth or beats... let alone rap. But yankee-doodle-dandy rapper Kanye's words aptly describe the fall and ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... Jiwei did say weakness in "one" indicator. Latest data show weakness in industrial production, energy output, retail sales, money supply, fixed asset investment, property prices, foreign direct investment and money supply growth. That's more than "one" ...

Anticipatory and moderate adjustments had become necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... Output And Retail Sales Growth Slows In Aug (RTT News) China Imports Falter As Consumers Fail To Deliver (Forbes) China Money-Supply Growth Eases to Five-Month Low (Bloomberg) Chinese fixed asset investment and industrial production cool further (ShareCast) ...