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Moody's downgrade drives demand for Aus bonds

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
Demand for Australian bonds has grown stronger after ratings agency Moody's downgraded Britain's credit rating, leaving global investors with one less top-rated economy. Moody's downgraded Britain's credit rating to AA1 from AAA, with Australia now ...

Grexin Brixit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... leave is but another indicator of the strength of anti-European feeling." - aimed to secure better EU membership terms for Britain, Cameron's "gamble" has introduced a fresh uncertainty in the markets. From a broader European perspective, it might encourage ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... staying in or leaving the EU if his party won the next general election. H said he wanted to first renegotiate the terms of Britain's membership because "public disillusionment with the EU is at an all-time high". In local economic news on Thursday ...

Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... night from 'The Telegraph,' "The ECB has so far refused to act to curb euro strength, standing aloof as Japan, the US, Britain, Switzerland, Norway, New Zealand and Korea itself, among others, try to steer their currencies lower." Yup, so far. But maybe ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... council supported a rate cut was enough for markets to take pause though milestones were still hit in Germany and France. In Britain, the Bank of England also froze its record-low interest rate in a widely expected move one day after the British government ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... 30 added 0.26 per cent to 7,454.55 points, and in Paris the CAC 40 climbed 0.28 per cent to 3,590.50 points. In London, Britain's finance minister George Osborne updated his budget plans and released revised government growth and debt forecasts. He warned ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... talks on the debt crisis. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index edged up by 0.08 per cent to close at 5,871.24 points, as Britain awaits a government budget update on Wednesday along with new growth forecasts. Frankfurt's DAX 30 gained 0.4 per cent to 7,435.21 ...

Spain here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... enough for its current economic state because it must abide by the code of the single currency. The same code that forced Britain out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) in the early 1990s, for like Spain now, it could not implement policies independent ...

Paper bank statements ignored by UK consumers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... financial literacy and awareness problem as Barclays Bank in the UK has just released the results of a study that found Britain may have an even worse problem. The study found 36% of people that receive paper statements do nothing with those statements ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... & Co analysts said. LONDON - European stock markets posted mixed results but the pound gained ground after data showed Britain has marched smartly out of recession, news that offset a sharp drop in profit at Spanish banking giant Santander. London's ...