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Chief economist update: East and west at crossroads

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... Morrison government to: "Just shut up for a while. Every time someone says something, it just makes it worse." Or as Bruce Lee said: "Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind." ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's secret

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
In Fist of Fury, it is a sign stating "No dogs or Chinese" that draws the ire of the legendary Bruce Lee. But Australians are not seeing Victorians punching, kicking and screaming when the nation's five states and two territories put up the "No ...

Chief economist update: The yen to dictate if BOJ turns words into action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
"Actions speak louder than words." That may be so but it appears that this generally accepted truism does not apply to the Bank of Japan (BOJ). The Japanese central bank has kept monetary on hold since it introduced quantitative and qualitative easing ...

Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... likely to be up" to "neutral" could be enough to turnaround domestic sentiment. "The art of fighting without fighting." (Bruce Lee)

A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... devaluation of the yuan - without firing a single shot (it has kept interest rates unchanged since June), or to quote Bruce Lee, it's engaged in "the art of fighting without fighting". The current financial market mayhem has taken the A$/US$ exchange ...

Taylor rules the RBA just right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... 10.2% versus the yen, 9.8% against sterling, 4.7% versus the euro and 11.9% on a trade weighted basis. It's like what Bruce Lee termed, "the art of fighting without fighting"... the currency war. And then there's the "Taylor Rule" - yes, it's been a ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... prescription but he looks to be applying that other super hero's principle - "the art of fighting without fighting" (Bruce Lee, "Enter the Dragon"). I don't have to explain how lower bond yields the region's highly indebted member countries to lower ...

Planners needle minister over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... business by undercutting prices with intra-fund advice costs bundled in with administration fees, while one cracked a Bruce Lee joke to criticise the Minister for not consulting enough with planners. The Minister replied that he understood the industry ...
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