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An ordinary trading day on D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... plea, but agreed they would discuss it further on 1 or 2 July." ( International Business Times ). Germany's iron lady, Frau Merkel said "nein" but would talk after the referendum on 5 July. To be sure, it ain't over till the 5 July referendum. The Greeks ...

While America was shuttered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... than one month after the elections - yes there was one - Germany still has no government. Victor (or is it victoria?) Frau Merkel's CDU party does not have a majority and talks to coalesce with the Greens failed. That would have been fear-inducing. No ...

Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... support package" that will come with no attached austerity pre-conditions. Yeah right!A Let's see you sell that to Frau Merkel. To round out our tour of troubles, there's also one that could potentially be troublesome happening in Japan. The Japanese ...

Two down, one to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... Online? The ECB found a way of getting around that through the OMTs it unveiled last week while at the same time keeping Frau Merkel "lebe". These developments bring us back to my broader point that Europe's powers-that-are would do everything and anything ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... we can tell because we're hearing the same rhetoric from the usual suspects being replayed on cyberspace. There's Frau Merkel declaring "solidarity" with Europe but problem countries must pay the price - severe austerity measures - for that solidarity. ...

No change - no mas, no less

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... bit of action in Europe that lifted moods. Most equity indices there gained after "The Daily Telegraph" printed that Frau Merkel's man in the ECB - German ECB executive board member Jorg Asmussen - is backing ECB President Mario Draghi's plan for large-scale ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... shared total debt liability "as long as I live". The anti-austerity crusaders now know what they have to do. Sorry Frau Merkel, just kidding. Quite right, Virginia. It's the same underlying problem -- Germany's refusal to underwrite its co-members debts ...

Grexit and the games people play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... has been on a losing streak in provincial elections since March last year. Even so, Germany is - or at least while Frau Merkel sits on government - not blinking. No austerity, no more dough. So now, you, I and Irene and our dogs are playing the guessing ...
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