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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... tumbled on Thursday as investors fretted about the Federal Reserve's more cautious outlook on the economic recovery from recession and looming financial reform legislation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 145.64 points (1.41 per cent) to close ...

To spend or not to spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... The current fad towards fiscal austerity would no doubt slow economic growth in some countries and cause a return to recession in some. The outcome would be that the deficit to GDP ratio remains at it current levels - the denominator (GDP) shrinks at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke set the tone for the day by saying he didn't expect the economy to go back into recession. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose, but the Nasdaq composite index slipped as chipmakers fell on downbeat analyst comments. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... currency is seen as a sign of flagging confidence in Europe's ability to rein in its debt without falling back into recession. LONDON - European markets were in the red on Monday in fraught trade as investors tried to make sense of fresh debt concerns ...

More worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... overnight. But if you insist in getting your daily dose of gloom and doom, here it is. Europe is slowing global growth into a recession. Tension in the Middle East would cause oil prices to spike. And with BP still unable to plug its oil spill in the ...

On caution's side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... game in Europe would be - Greek default? Greece banished from the Eurozone? The Portugal, then Spain, then... European recession? Then global double dip? As the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) warned in its latest Economic ...

RIP May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... semblance of a resolution in the European crisis. As in GFC I, financial markets appear to be talking economies into a recession -- where bad news are extrapolated into ugly news. Again I say, be very careful what you wish for as this has a tendency ...

US consumers to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... expectations component of the index jumped to 85.3 from 77.4 -- the highest level since August 2007 before the start of the US recession in December. As such, they're now paying their bills on time. Associated Press (AP) reported that delinquency rates ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... lower on Tuesday, extending heavy losses on growing concerns that the European debt crisis threatens a quick return to recession. With many countries forced to slash spending to balance the public books, there was an increasing risk the underlying economy ...

Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... so that even the Pope -- yes, the head of the Roman Catholic Church -- has given a sermon to profligate governments. Recession hits its coffers too, you know. There'll be less employed people to buy its CDs and books and figurines in times of recession. ...