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Chief economist update: US-China tensions escalate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... each other for a handshake. Or... could it be that Trump is applying the exact same thing he accused former US President Obama of when he tweeted back on 16 November 2011: "Our president will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability ...

Still unsure about POTUS 45

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... twitterland as President Trump or @POTUS. Not only that, his fingers are now on the "nuclear codes" too. Recall now ex-President Obama's warning two days before the 8 November presidential 2016 elections. Campaigning for Hillary in Florida, Obama quipped ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... Pres Obama's US oil production boom At the GOP National Convention in Cleveland this week some speakers accused President Obama of trying to shut down the US oil industry. But US oil production has increased 72% since President Obama came to office in ...

US Senate votes down adviser fiduciary rule

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... presidential nomination conventions, political commentators believe it is unlikely the matter will be resolved during President Obama's term.

SEC to run ad campaign promoting online consumer adviser checks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... Interests obligation. The reform proposals have been vigorously resisted by the securities industry ever since President Obama initiated the reforms following the GFC. Legislation underpinning the reform is not expected to pass the House as Speaker Paul ...

US resistance to DOL fiduciary rule gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... of the issue but sustained resistance to the proposal by the securities industry has seen the proposal held up. President Obama, in his final year in office, has however sought to advance the issue and while this has prompted regulators to advance their ...

US fiduciary reforms will rock pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... accounts, and increased costs for saving". Concern over the fiduciary reform is stepping up following statements by President Obama last month that the DOL should get on with its reform notwithstanding there is still cross-party resistance to the reform ...

Calendrically weak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... the 'nouveau terrorists' are called -- has stepped up from a humanitarian mission to a weapons drop to war after President Obama declared a "significant counter terrorism operation" against the group (and has dragged Australia along with it - but no ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... messages telegraphed by the Fed before the meeting. So now all's well, back to data watching... and eyeballing Putin. President Obama has just announced that the US is expanding the list of "pillow" sanctioned Russian official - including a Russian bank ...

US Congress votes to raise debt ceiling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... debt ceiling unless President Barack Obama agreed to major budget cuts. The change in the GOP tactics came after President Obama refused to negotiate over Speaker John Boehner's proposed amendments that would undo previous expenditure cuts to US military ...
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