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Over regulation delays global recovery

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) being proposed in 11 European countries. The European Commission anticipates a 0.28% fall in GDP as a result of the tax but many analysts expect it to be much higher. SLI says there are also concerns about the cost of ...

BOJ brings out big bazooka

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... to the size of their respective economies. If my calculations are correct (hope so), the BOJ's purchases amount to 1.3% of GDP; the Fed's 0.05%. Not only this. The Japanese central bank also announced that it's extending the maturity of JGBs available ...

Earnings growth key to equity returns

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... that many Australian companies had struggled to sustain growth. "We look for companies that grow earnings above the growth in GDP and have pricing power in their markets, because this is a lever for growth," he explained. "We look for an ability to grow ...

South Africa leads foreign investment in the continent

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... into Africa represented 25% of Africa's inflows last year. South Africa is Africa's largest and most developed economy with a GDP of about $578 billion. It became part of the BRIC political grouping in 2011 and is hosting the summit for the first tim ...

Superannuation to wield $6tr muscle by 2030

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
... size of the system, which currently is $1.3 trillion and will grow to $5 trillion to $6 trillion in 2030 - that's 180% of the GDP," said Nick Sherry, senior adviser of Securities and Fund Services at Citi. He also predicted "an era of mega global Australian ...

EM debt funds burst bond bubble fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... debt but would you rather hold developed world debt or emerging market debt?" he said. He pointed towards improving debt-to-GDP ratios and credit ratings in the emerging world versus the opposite in developed economies, as well as other supportive factors. ...

Falling BRICs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... growth that underlines all these - they're not as strong as they used to be. In the year to the fourth quarter 2012, Brazil's GDP grew by 1.4%, down from its pre-GFC high of 6.6%. Russian GDP expanded by a mere 3.4% in Q3 2012, the Indian economy grew ...

Ben's your uncle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... would be withdrawn. The other news, you can take as good or bad. It's bad it's bad you know it...because the Fed lowered its GDP growth forecasts for this year. It now expects the economy to expand by between 2.3% and 2.8% at the end of 2013, down from ...

So stupid it could actually make money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... oligarchs that comprise the vast majority of deposits in the country's banking sector (estimated to be eight times Cyprus' GDP). Russian President (again) Vladimir Putin's rage at this decision suggests there's more than an ounce of truth to this. The ...

Ripples from a pebble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... mattress might be safer than keeping them in banks. Cyprus is smaller than Greece -- It accounts for only 0.2% of total Eurozone GDP and just 2.5% of the region's total population. You know there's trouble coming when I mention Greece and Eurozone in ...