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Chief economist update: Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... witnessed during the Global Financial Crisis. The bad-er economic news gets, the good-er would be policy responses from Capitol Hill and the Fed. Greed must really be good. It "will not only save Teldar paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation ...

US senators in alleged COVID-19 insider trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... from The Daily Beast, Senator Kelly Loeffler sold more than $5 million in shares in the weeks following a private Capitol Hill briefing on January 24. Loeffler is married to NYSE chair Jeffrey Sprecher. Defending the move, NYSE holding company Intercontinental ...

A negative sum game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... domestic demand than had been allowed for in the forecast. This was the Yellen's message in her semi-annual testimony on Capitol Hill on 10 February: "...the economy has made further progress toward the Federal Reserve's objective of maximum employment. ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... accumulating number of moves by central banks around the world to weaken their own currencies has revived an old angst on Capitol Hill and yielded new battle lines for Congress and its currency warriors." Hello, currency manipulators! Hello trade wars. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... suffer a catastrophic default. Despite Republicans and Democrats digging in their heels and raising the stakes in the Capitol Hill deadlock the US dollar rebounded against the yen, lifting Japanese exporters. Tokyo added 0.30 per cent, or 41.29 points ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... upbeat regional economic data provided some cheer. The US dollar edged down against the yen, with investors saying the Capitol Hill stand-off made it less likely the Federal Reserve would start winding down its stimulus program soon. Tokyo gained 0.20 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... debt ceiling. With the deadline for a new budget agreement next Monday, investors are anxious that politicians on Capitol Hill reach an agreement that will avoid a shutdown of parts of the US economy. Tokyo slipped 0.76 per cent, or 112.08 points, to ...

QE3 - yes, no, maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... Street dropped last night because they didn't like what came out of Sir Ben's mouth on his second day of testimony on Capitol Hill. This is what Sir Ben told Congress on the first day of his testimony: "The possibility remains that the recent economic ...

Knights in shining armour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... notice last 18 April. As they should! This is because despite the on-going brinkmanship over the US debt ceiling on Capitol Hill, a compromise would ultimately be reached. And... and, Sir Ben is there to buy all those additional debts the US Treasury ...

Stimulate and die

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... of continued - but slow - growth in the US economy (and the world). After all, on the very day of his testimony on Capitol Hill, the Beige Book -- a regional business survey -- reported that all 12 districts reported an economic improvement in April ...
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