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Chief economist update: Glass half-full or US recession on the way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... and are, therefore, demanding less(er) compensation for the prospect of inflation eroding the value of their Treasury holdings. So much so that the CME FedWatch Tool now puts the odds that the Fed will remain on hold down to 45.5% (from 51.6% a month ...

Chief economist update: Shanghai's drop is China's problem, the yuan's slide is everyone's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... for the fifth straight month in December, to $1.06 trillion after ending 2016 at $1.09 trillion. China's Treasury holdings are coming under extra scrutiny after a signal earlier this year that America's largest creditor may be easing bond-buying ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... economy, plummeting currency and extremely volatile stock market. China, the largest owner of US debt, trimmed its Treasury holdings by $8.2 billion in January, the Treasury Department reported. The actual decline was likely larger considering China ...

Now for the denominator

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... or will he not announce another QE? It was in August last year when he made his "reinvestment of proceeds of Treasury holdings" announcement, quickly followed by QE2 in November 2010. Big Benny eased as the ISM index dropped from 60.4 in March to 55.1 ...

Agreement reached on debt ceiling

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... your votes over the next few days," he said at the White House. Australia reportedly has $11.2 billion in US treasury holdings including from super fund investment, banks and the Reserve Bank. Rainmaker research shows the average superannuation fund ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... China resuming its purchases of US Treasuries in March -- the first in six months. According to Bloomberg, "Treasury holdings by China rose 2 percent in March to US$895.2 billion, the biggest increase since July." Japan, too, is back buying America. ...

End game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... raising the renminbi's value? The same way that markets speculate that the US should not fear China dumping its US Treasury holdings due to self-preservation, the same self-preservation dictates that China could not revalue its currency. And should it ...
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