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Chief economist update: Tomorrow never dies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... the world. Certainly, the three C's are cause for concern but, in the words of former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, these are "known knowns". Then again, the good tidings in store for "tomorrow" are known too. To paraphrase what I scribbled ...

Chief economist update: Powell blamed for fall on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... the Peterson Institute for International Economics are already what former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld would call "known knowns" and "known unknowns". "The scope and speed of this downturn are without modern precedent, significantly ...

Chief economist update: The Fed has hit neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
The widely-anticipated market moving event this week - US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's semi-annual testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the US Senate - turned out to be a bummer. We've seen this ...

Chief economist update: The Goldilocks rate of interest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... and have speculated about since the US central bank's June policy meeting or in former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld words - they're known knowns. He was optimistic on growth (as he should): "Incoming data show that, alongside the strong ...

Chief economist update: Trump spoils for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... and 10% for imports of aluminium. Yes Virginia, it's an excuse to sell. For in the words of that other Donald - Donald Rumsfeld - it's a known known. Before he was POTUS, Trump promised that: "A Trump Administration will also ensure that we start using ...

TSCGEMU

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... investors once its bailout package runs out, according to the rating company" (Bloomberg). Yeah, and? In the words of Donald Rumsfeld, it's a "known known". It's something all of us know that we know. Let's put these credit rating agencies newly developed ...

Knee-jerk reaction to late action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... The rough and tumble of Wall Street on display as investors knee-jerkingly reacts to what is -- in the words of Donald Rumsfeld - a "known known." The problem that just won't go away; like an irritating fly in the midst of an Australian barbie, Greece ...

In defense of Citi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... dole queue - well at least not just yet. The financial crisis is far from over. Like former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld quipped during the Iraq War, "there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
... NEW YORK - US stocks advanced on Wednesday as a jump in technology stocks and news that US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will step down offset jitters about US election results. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 26.82 points at 12,183.59. ...

Morning market wrap: War takes centre stage

... war in Iraq may take longer than expected. Demand for bonds and gold has also gone higher. US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has come under criticism from the way the coalition offensive is being handled as experts argue that perhaps the military ...
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