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When?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... March meeting to April's were it not for the five and half hour time lag between the publication of the first quarter 2015 US GDP report (released at 830AM) and its statement (2PM). The FOMC saw that it wasn't good. US real GDP slowed to a mere 0.2% ...

IFM acquires US$5.7 billion highway

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... opportunity to acquire a large, high-quality, US-denominated transportation asset, giving our investors direct linkage to US GDP and CPI," said IFM global head of infrastructure Kyle Mangini. "ITR is a core infrastructure asset with defensive characteristics ...

Average September on average

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... close of trade Friday from 2.50% the previous day. But... but, but it doesn't make sense. One, because the second quarter US GDP numbers are just that - what the economy did in the second quarter (that was three months ago. And what happened three months ...

Double boo boo on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
... expanding. Not only that...A my previous investigation of the correlation between the ISM manufacturing index and that of US GDP showed it isn't until the index fall to readings of around 43 (and below) that the overall economy stops expanding. After ...

Unwind for Xmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... as sooner-than-later taper talks increased on improved economic data (punctuated by the upward revision in third quarter US GDP to annualised growth of 3.6% from 2.8% in the advanced estimate) - the S&P 500 surged on the fifth day (up 1.12%), wiping ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... following gains on Wall Street after data showed second-quarter US gross domestic product grew better than had been expected. US GDP grew 1.7 per cent in the quarter, above the 1.1 per cent pace expected by analysts. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve's ...

Fund managers tip great returns on US investments

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... the energy revolution, manufacturing renaissance and a pickup in the housing market, have provided the ingredients for US GDP to accelerate into 2014," Potter explained. "Whilst the market has had a good run of late, and the S&P 500 is close to reaching ...

US equities a gateway to emerging markets

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... 'the fiscal cliff' that if not dealt with, has some analysts predicting as much as three to five percentage points off US GDP in 2013.

Somethin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... the biggest jump in seven months and almost double consensus forecasts for a 0.6% gain. This somethin' was so good that US GDP growth forecasts were immediately - yes, immediately - upgraded following this strong number. And what happens when consumers ...

Economic woes keep US growth in check

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
Fund managers hoping for a US GDP growth rate of 3 per cent or better are likely to be disappointed if Harvard academic Martin Feldstein is correct. Dr Feldstein recently told the Australian Centre for Financial Studies that the US was unlikely to achieve ...