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Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... than three months ago that we read theage.com.au warn of the "Ugliest' of times ahead" as it went to town with the World Bank's (WB) latest Global Economic Prospects report - released in January - that, "signalled a downturn so severe it would eclipse ...

When optimism rains, it pours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... how the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank (WB) saw the economic landscape panning out in 2012 when they - one after the other - lowered their global growth projections ...

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... third. The report validated expectations that the region would fall into recession this year. But we also know this. The World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) all ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
The Australian stock market opened higher on Friday, led by the big miners after strong gains in the US overnight. At 1011 AEDT on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 27.7 points, or 0.65 per cent, at 4,283.2, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Nikkei not nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... And the external account is unlikely to improve anytime soon, particularly if the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank's recent global growth downgrades prove accurate. Moreover, the lingering European debt crisis would further put upward pressure ...

Forecasts shmorecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... from 4.5%). Perhaps what gives is we've heard this tune before. And heck, this is good news compared with what the World Bank (WB) saw in its crystal ball only a few days back. The WB sees the world economy expanding by only 2.5% this year and by 3.1% ...

Not so wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... greeted 2012 with almost universal agreement that the global growth outlook would be worse than it was in 2011 - the World Bank recently reminded us of this - and that the euro area could be just one event away from disintegration and that the roof would ...

Aus can deal with another GFC: Shorten

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... says Australia is not in the same boat as Europe and is better placed to deal with another worldwide recession. The World Bank yesterday declared the global economy had entered a "dangerous period", warning it could be thrown into a "deeper and longer-lasting" ...

Wolf, wolf

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... boy, oh boy. Have you seen this morning's headline on theage.com.au? "'Ugliest' of times ahead." It's all about the World Bank's latest Global Economic Prospects report that, "signalled a downturn so severe it would eclipse the chaos that followed the ...

Get up and go on board

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... the EFSF just two days ago. And there were more last night. In its semi-annual Global Economic Prospects report, the World Bank (WB) cautioned that, "An escalation of the [European] crisis would spare no one. Developed and developing country growth rates ...