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Chief economist update: Fed has Trump's trade war number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... U.S. will do great..." "....My only question is, who is our bigger enemy, Jay Powell or Chairman Xi?" Former president George W. Bush had his "axis of evil", Trump's got his "evil twins"! From Trump's previous tweets, we know that he's demanding ...

Chief economist update: Foolish takeaway on US-China talks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... - that says, fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again." - former US President George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., 17 September 2002. Yes Virginia, it was the stuff that brought "Bushism" into our collective consciousness. ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... the world in his quest to make "America Great Again" and perhaps, secure a second term at the Oval Office. Reminds me of George W. and the Bushisms that flourished under his watch. For our purposes, I note: "The vast majority of our imports come from ...

Trump will continue to buoy stock markets: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... market performances during their tenures were all Republicans: Richard Nixon with an average 0.31 percent loss per month, George W. Bush, losing 0.36 percent a month, and Herbert Hoover, with a whopping 2.23 percent monthly drop," the article said.

100 days of Trump (and counting)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... out of the last four to reach the 100th day mark with majority disapproval. In comparison, former President Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton all passed the 50% approval mark, with 63%, 62% and 55% respectively. I can understand his approval ...

CBA and Queensland Treasury build blockchain bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... and title transfer into a single, instant transaction. CBA executive general manager of business and corporate finance George Confos said this proof-of-concept proves blockchain is capable of delivering efficiency to issuers, investors and other market ...

Brumbie: Misguided attacks on SMSFs, enough already

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... things in the world but while I've changed my mind on the third I think I now have to add a fourth. The first was George Bush for his trickery that fooled the Western world into kicking the Middle East ants' nest leaving a trail of mayhem that just goes ...

Recycling the same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... 2,000 milestone - and if you believe Putin's gone an inch away from the Ukrainian border. To quote former US President George W Bush again, "... fool me once, shame on, shame on you. Fool me, you can't get fooled again" because "I know the human being ...

Putin pontificates peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... admitted that Russian military units had been involved." I'll leave the last words to Junior, former US President George Bush Jr: "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country ...

Political punch trading greatest risk to US economy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... Standard & Poor's cut the US's coveted AAA credit rating. With the election thought to be one of closest contests since George W Bush beat Al Gore in 2000, many political commentators fear that should Obama win, he will face running the country again ...
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