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Data doesn't justify "recession" headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
If one bothers to look at the latest sprinkling of eco and survey data out of this land girt by sea this week, the picture they paint is to the contrary.

Central banks of the world, coordinate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
Is the current economic and investment landscape as bad as it was back in 2011?

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
Looks like China's "competitive devaluation" has blown up in its face 'ey? This or the Politburo (the non-capitalists that they are) have not yet heard about British economist David Ricardo's theory on comparative advantage.

Confused and confounded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
This week brings us data that directly answers the Fed's success or otherwise to its dual mandate - full employment and stable prices.

Fed will lift later this year if...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
"Most FOMC participants, including myself, currently anticipate that achieving these conditions will likely entail an initial increase in the federal funds rate later this year, followed by a gradual pace of tightening thereafter. But if the economy ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
The prevailing market psychology is that either the Politburo is willing no more to underwrite the economy to ensure that its 7.0% growth target is achieved; or that, it's willing but failing to underwrite the economy to ensure that its 7.0% growth target ...

Financial services only mildly innovative: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
The Australian financial services industry has painted itself as only mildly innovative according to a study by National Australia Bank (NAB).

Bad news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
Risks are again off the table as the bad news flow keeps on flowing.

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Noi, noi, noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
"There is still a pretty good chance that we will come out of this episode fairly well, and much better than we came out of previous episodes of this type."

Not happy Jan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
The problem with this is that it creates a problem for other central bankers such as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) but more pointedly for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the European Central Bank (ECB).