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Chief economist update: Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
In the words of Frank Sinatra, Australia's now "A-number one, top of the list, head of the heap, king of the hill..." Ol' blue eyes was, of course, singing about the Big Apple (New York) but comparing apples with apples, Australia's on top. ...

Chief economist update: The great Australian rebound

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... words of Ol' Blue Eyes, Australia's now "A number one, top of the list, head of the heap, king of the hill..." Sinatra was, of course, singing about the Big Apple (New York) but comparing apples with apples, Australia's 1.1% contraction in ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top despite recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
While we, Australians all, continue to shudder at the economy's first recession in 29-years, our nation - to use Old Blue Eyes' song - remains "Top of the list, King of the hill, A number one..." It may not be Einstein's "relativity theory" ...

WTF moment on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... and marriage, love and marriage Go together like a horse and carriage." Well, perhaps in 1955 when ol' blue eyes Frank Sinatra sang that, "this I tell you brother, you can't have one without the other"... but now no longer for most. The song played in ...

QEnd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... is near; And so I face the final curtain." - My Way That, Virginia, is QE doing its rendition of Frankie ol' blue eyes Sinatra's ol' time classic. Barring a very nasty - just nasty won't cut it - surprise, the Fed will be announcing the end of QE in ...

The great unwind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... I go and spoil it all by sayin' something stupid like 'we'll taper soon'." Sorry to spoil your immortal classic Frank (Sinatra) but "I love you" just doesn't apply to Ben Bernanke right now. Not with the trashing the equity markets, the bond markets ...

So stupid it could actually make money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... announcing saying something stupid like "we'll tax you I love you"." My apologies for messing up your immortal classic Frank (Sinatra) but it's been playing in my head since the clever people at the IMF, the EU and the ECB -- and oh, also in Germany ...

Fed twists again like it did last summer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... justify doing what it did without notifying the world that it's disappointed with the trajectory of the economy? As Frank Sinatra sings, "Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a horse and carriage. This I tell ya, brother, you can't ...

Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
"Three coins in a fountain... which one will the fountain bless?" ( Frank Sinatra) It was a down day again on Wall Street overnight. It followed an up day that trailed a down day. Chances are, other markets would follow suit. But under current circumstances ...
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