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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... economy to four per cent for 2011 and 2012, and warned of a return to recession if Western leaders fail to get their economies back on track. "It is a bit of a patchy market today, there's more sectors up than there are down at the moment, which points ...

Global forecast downgraded, Australia strong

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... forecasts but has predicted that the Australian economy will grow by 3.3% in 2012, with its forecast for global advanced economies at only 1.9%. The IMF's September World Economic Outlook (WEO) has downgraded its global growth forecasts, projecting world ...

IMF says prepare to buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... predicts global growth to "moderate to about 4 percent through 2012, from over 5 percent in 2010. Real GDP in the advanced economies is projected to expand at an anemic pace of about 1.5 percent in 2011 and 2 percent..." and "would lower growth rate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... leaders make very little progress on solving the country's financial woes, which analysts say could spread to other economies. Tokyo ended 1.61 per cent, or 142.92 points, lower at 8,721.24 and Sydney lost 1.01 per cent, or 41.3 points, to close at 4,040.2 ...

Glimmer of hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... emerging markets (though less exposed financially) would also be hurt through trade channels as these developed nations' economies slow or outright recede. Needless to say, Australia would also be affected as the demand and price of commodities weaken ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... crisis. WASHINGTON - IMF chief Christine Lagarde is pressing US and European leaders to take bolder action to rescue their economies, warning that indecision is pushing them back to recession that will be felt worldwide. LONDON - British retail sales ...

Asian counterweight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... doing just fine. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday trimmed its 2011/2012 growth projections for Asia's emerging economies. It now expects growth of 7.5% in 2011 and next year - just a tad lower than the 7.8% (2011) and 7.7% (2012) it predicted ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... broad-based losses across almost all sectors on speculation China was unlikely to inject capital into debt-ridden European economies. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 66.9 points, or 1.6 per cent, at 4,005.8 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Find me that silver bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... Irene. Just less than a week ago, the OECD marked down its growth forecasts and now expects "quarterly growth in the G7 economies excluding Japan to remain less than 1% (annualised) on average in the second half of this year" with "with falling household ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... the amount banks must keep in reserve. The figure provided some lift to markets that rely on China to help drive their economies, including Australia and Taiwan. However, despite the rise, analysts said price rises were still on the high side. WELLINGTON ...