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Taxes, levies and fees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013

The recession we are promised to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013

Yuan to float free, in our dreams

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013

Financial markets give the budget a big yawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... billion deficit (1.3% of GDP). All because the government's optimistic guess turned out to be just that. By the looks of it Swannie has been chastened this budget time around - more conservative on his growth guesstimates - he has to if he wants to convince ...

RBA to raise rates in Wayne's world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... Finance Minister of the Year, Wayne Swan, that budget surpluses provide the RBA "maximum flexibility to cut interest rates." Swannie even took credit for the RBA's surprise 50 bps reduction in the cash rate to 3.75% about this time last year handed down ...

All eyes and ears on Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013

Grexin Brixit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... direction and commitment to get back on the growth track - beggar-thy neighbour policy be damned. The same goes for Australia. Swannie has backed down on his promised surplus last month and yesterday's benign inflation figures give the RBA the rhyme ...

It's just plain dumb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... wouldn't have to lower interest rates to zero (where a new set of problems sets in). But it certainly wouldn't be good for Swannie. He has to eat his "promise".

Worried about the US? Buy US Treasuries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... than America or Australia. The EIU estimates a 0.1% of GDP budget surplus this year - yes, a surplus (eat your heart out Swannie). The same thing's happening in South Korea - its 5-year government bond yield has fallen to a record low of 2.81%. Reports ...
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