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Chief economist: Of capital gains taxes, COVID-19 and climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... capital gains tax, there's the lingering surge in COVID-19 infections, and there's climate change. Take your pick. Bloomberg reports that: "President Joe Biden will propose almost doubling the capital gains tax rate for wealthy individuals to ...

Plus ca change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... billion granted by the ECB, Skai Television reported yesterday, without saying how it got the information." Then this by Bloomberg on the 12th of the same month: "The ECB's Governing Council held a phone conference Thursday to raise the allowance for ...

Magellan sees "real tensions" in launching ASX-listed fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... on an exchange which has its own disclosure regime and requirements," Cairns said, speaking at the Bloomberg Summit yesterday. "That is not easy at all," he admitted, and added that "this is a problem that we see here, in the [United] States and everywhere ...

You did this! No, you did!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... US for the drop in its equity markets last night. "European Stocks Fall on Mounting Concern Over U.S. Budget," says Bloomberg. Wall Street blames Europe for its woes. "Shares sell-off as data confirms euro-zone recession," as per the Australian Financial ...

Dressing the windows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... durable-goods orders topped forecasts" (The Age), "amid better-than-estimated data on housing and durable-goods orders" (Bloomberg), due to "stronger than expected orders for US durable goods and housing" (Australian Financial Review). Long time gentle ...

Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... the US housing market" as the Australian Financial Review puts it or "as Home Data Tempers Economic Concern," as per Bloomberg, please stop! For this is just the usual case of investors (nay, speculators) not wanting to get whipsawed by a surprise QE ...

To spend or not to spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... currency to fluctuate. Fool me once... Now instead of a yuan "AP"-preciation, they got a "De"-preciation. According to Bloomberg, "China's yuan declined the most since December 2008." The reason? Investors fear that the PBOC - yes the same one that announced ...

G20 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... per cent last night despite a plethora of more gloomy news. Below are some of the overnight news headlines reported by Bloomberg., Jobless Rolls in US Rise to 25-Year High, Exports Plunge on Global Slump, US Budget Deficit Swells to Record $237.2 Billion ...
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