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Chief economist update: Three cheers for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
"Christmas, Christmas time is near, Time for toys and time for cheer..." - Alvin & the Chipmunks I can almost hear those little chipmunk voices singing this Christmas song as I browsed through last week's news of good tidings... and they came in ...

Chief economist update: Brexit la la la

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... JMK's (John Maynard Keynes) counter-cyclical prescription around the world - fiscal policy spending - the Conservative Party pledges government spending on infrastructure - roads, railways and construction - as well as tax cuts if re-elected, reported ...

Chief economist update: disUnited Kingdom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
It's ironic that for a country known as the United Kingdom, there seems to be an absence of well, unity. The (dis)United Kingdom's Prime Minister Theresa May and her proposed Brexit deal lost big time in the House of Commons by a record 230 ...

Chief economist update: Does the Fed lift or cut interest rates just for the heck of it?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... over PM Theresa May's leadership when she emerged victorious - 200 to 117 - over her own party's (the Conservative Party) no confidence motion lodged against her. The Party's rule barring another confidence vote against a sitting PM within ...

May the force's not with her

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... the Brexit referendum result, UK voters once again proved the polls wrong. Latest counting showed that May's Conservative Party has lost its slim majority and with only 318 seats won, needs another eight to form an outright majority. Labour won 262 and ...

Trump and Brexit comes back to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... sometime back around the middle of last year. Yes Virginia. It was on 7 May 2015 when David Cameron and his Conservative Party won (with an outright majority) what was then thought of as a losable election. Cameron then made good on his campaign promise ...

Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... jitters of a hung parliament - where nothing gets done - as indicated by exit polls proved grossly wrong. The Conservative Party headed by incumbent PM Cameron, instead, won an outright majority - 331 of the 650 Parliamentary seats - at the 7 May elections. ...

Cut welfare, give savings to defence: UK minister

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... specific welfare savings proposals. But according to statements attributed to the UK Liberal Democrats, the Conservative Party's coalition partner, any such proposals could only proceed if they were accompanied by corresponding proposals to increase ...

UK advisers should shift to planning

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... have savaged the wealth sector's reputation. Author of the report, Michael Johnson, formerly Secretary to the Conservative Party's Economic Competitiveness Policy Group, is a former investment banker. He said the conundrum is that the wealth industry ...
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