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APEC launches five-day Investment Mart

... between members of APEC. The previous investment marts have been held in South Korea (1999), China (2001) and in Russia (2002). ICAP senior economist Michael Thomas told the Financial Standard that the current APEC summit, which will see the likes of ...

Sudden OPEC move unlikely to impact Australia negatively: ICAP

... the OPEC is unlikely to have a major impact on Australian consumers. In an exclusive interview with the Financial Standard, ICAP chief economist Dr Ric Simes has said that despite the suddenness of OPEC oil supply cut, the organization was slated to ...

Focus on China-US bilateral trade in upcoming Dubai summit: ICAP

... compare notes, whilst the outlook for economic growth appears to be better than it has been for some years, economists at ICAP said in their Weekly Insights report released today. ICAP cited the fact that there will be a bit of competition about who ...

FOMC to meet next week, unlikely to change interest rates: ICAP

... economy and adjust interest rates and the accompanying balance of risks statement accordingly. In its latest Weekly Insights by ICAP, its economists Dr Ric Simes and Michael Thomas have indicated that during the last meeting of the FOMC, the committee ...

ICAP says US current account deficit causing considerable global uncertainty

Economists at ICAP have said that the capital flows that have been behind the blow out in the US current account deficit will not reverse quickly and that was leaving the global financial markets to face considerable uncertainty over the next few years. ...

Forecast of weakened non-farm economic growth in the near future: economist

... for the year. Whilst the global economy is expected to experience a recovery next year. Dr Ric Simes, chief economist at ICAP, has said that the economy is a bit weaker but will get better, given that inflation is low. "What is critical depends on what's ...

ICAP economists predict yield curve will flatten

In its latest weekly update, ICAP's expert economists have said that once the market senses and/or the Federal Reserve signals that official rates are going to start rising, the curve should flatten, with short rates rising faster than long rates. They ...

US economic growth likely, but less than Fed expectations: ICAP

In its latest weekly economic update released today, ICAP's economists have said that the outlook for the US economy shows better growth is imminent soon, however there was no obvious catalyst for really strong growth. ICAP has cited the fact that the ...

Local rate cut still possible: ICAP

... mend, and global bond markets will continue to feel the ripples over the balance of 2003, according to interdealer broker ICAP. But ICAP says the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will maintain an easing bias through this period, and could even cut rates ...

Growing US current account deficit burden may fall on Asian currencies: ICAP

In the latest ICAP weekly insight released today, the focus was primarily on the US current account deficit, which at its unsustainably high level would require a large share of global capital to finance it. The ICAP report also highlighted the fact ...