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Fitch downgrades US credit rating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... healthcare costs will raise spending on the elderly absent fiscal policy reforms," Fitch said. Of note, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) forecasts that interest costs will double by 2033 to 3.6% of GDP. It also estimates a rise in mandatory spending ...

Chief economist update: Too much of a good thing could be a bad thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... roaring 2020's, it's also sparking concern over inflation and soaring US debt - according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), America's public debt soared from US$9 trillion to US$21 trillion between 2010 and 2020. So much so that benchmark ...

Chief economist update: The do-nothing Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... December 2020); 3.3% in 2022 (from 3.2%); before tapering to 2.2% in 2023 (from 2.4%) - still above the US Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) estimate of America's potential growth rate of 2.0%. The unemployment rate would be lower. It's ...

Pre-Christmas delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... potential - the economy's maximum sustainable output - thereby raising inflationary pressures. The US Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) latest estimate of US potential output growth is 1.8%. Then again, US real GDP growth had been running above this ...

Impasse ends when Wall Street says stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... the market on Thursday rose, pushed up by strength in resources and banking stocks despite the the continuing US Congressional stand-off over budget negotiations. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index added 19.3 points, or 0.37 per cent, to 5,234.9. The broader ...

Austerity can be hazardous to your health

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... cuts...due to begin tomorrow". (Bloomberg, 28 February). And if you thought the IMF's cut unkind, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) was meaner. At the end of Feb, Bloomberg wrote this, "Federal spending reductions due to start in March could lower ...

The virtuous cycle is back in play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... predicts will shave half a percent to its forecast 2.0% growth for the US this year. The one that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates would reduce employment by three quarters of a million jobs. It was so frightening that Wall Street closed ...

Worried about the US? Buy US Treasuries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
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