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Sandy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... 20 per cent of the US population". For sure, the disruption to businesses caused by Frankenstorm would detract from overall GDP. Wells Fargo figures that it would shave between 0.1% and 0.2% from fourth quarter GDP growth. However, this should be offset ...

Financial services outstrip mining: CommSec

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... many fear Australia's over-reliance on its mining industry, James pointed out that it accounts for little more than 10% of GDP growth while the financial sector contributes nearly 50% more. Delivering the surprise figures in a characteristically energetic ...

Government should act fast on Johnson Report: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... institutions in Asia-Pacific. HSBC Australia welcomed the release of the government's Asian century roadmap yesterday. "Asia's GDP by 2030 is expected to be larger than that of the Americas and Europe combined," said Paulo Maia, chief executive officer ...

Not long now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... But don't despair Virginia, we didn't miss much. Better than expected it may be but the 2.0% annualised growth in US real GDP in the third quarter confirmed what we already knew - that American activity is improving... but at a rate that would put a ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... fell by 0.44 per cent to 3,411.53. In London, Gekko Global Markets trader Anita Paluch said: "Very strong growth in the UK GDP, not seen in five years, has confirmed the double dip recession is over. Elsewhere in European trading, Madrid's IBEX 35 stock ...

Don't ignore China banks: Macquarie

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... shortfall to be overcome by a sell down. This pension shortfall provides a 29% hidden increase to the Central Government's debt to GDP ratio - taking it to 134%, he said.

Too much ado over MYEFO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... Australian economic growth prediction from 3.25% last May to 3.0% now - leaving the budget balance at a surplus of 0.1% of GDP. But who gives a hoot? I would bet my right eyeballs (I refuse to stake the other kind of balls) that even the financial markets ...

Wen again gets what Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... policy operates with a lag. Numbers that prove that Wen gets what Wen wants. The wonderful set of numbers. China's annual GDP growth slowed to 7.4% in the third quarter from 7.6% in second - but this was largely expected and that concurrently released ...

Economic indicators defy equities upside: Schroders

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... haven't changed much; bonds look expensive and on any traditional measure equities look cheap," he said. "Worse than expected GDP growth need not translate to poor equity market returns," he explained. "Northern hemisphere equity markets, including Chinese ...

Urbanisation fuelling resource demand

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... head of global strategy at Nikko AM. "Even assuming a deceleration in growth, China remains the major contributor to global GDP growth," he said.