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This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... the RBA is in a much better position to adjust monetary policy settings compared with the central banks of the US, the Eurozone, Japan and the UK. This is because domestic economic growth, although slowing like the rest, is still above its long-term ...

Market Movers Overnight (8 July)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... international demand for German manufacturers. Expect further weakness in industrial output going forward, particularly with Eurozone interest rates 25 basis points higher after the ECB raised interest rates to 4.25 percent in June. Higher interest rates ...

From Slovakia with love

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... reform, foreign investment and robust industrial expansion. The Slovak economy bucked the slowdown experienced across the Eurozone by delivering fourth quarter annualised GDP of 20 per cent, leading to full-year growth of 10.4 per cent, well above expectations. ...

Portfolios not adjusted for downturn

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... question of whether they are in denial about the possible extent of this downturn." Of the key markets, emerging markets and Eurozone equity markets remain popular, with 36 per cent of allocators overweight in emerging markets equities and 37 per cent ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
... news the European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged at 3.75 per cent. Final digestion of the data shows that Eurozone GDP growth for the third quarter of last year rose by 0.9 per cent to achieve a healthy year on year tally of 3.3 per cent. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
... annualised figure of about 4 per cent was slightly above inflation at that time. In international news, labour cost in the Eurozone area rose by 2.4 per cent over the last quarter and contributed to the CPI move of 1.8 per cent over the last year. This ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2006
... to lay the foundation for a rate hike. ECB Council member Garganas stated that he thinks the growth assessment for the Eurozone economy will be upgraded. Mr. Garganas added that 'there is clearly a case for a gradual rebalancing of rates in view of risks ...

Emerging markets to bounce back after correction

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
... institutional investor demand fell to the 19th percentile. The report also flagged a pick up in yield in US Treasuries and Eurozone government bonds with cumulative demand growing over the last month, according to the Sovereign Bond Flow Indicator. But ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
... the almost instantaneous lifting of home loan mortgage rates by a number of lenders. In offshore news, growth in the Eurozone economy appears to be gaining traction. Real GDP rose by 0.6 per cent in the first quarter, up from 0.3 per cent recorded in ...

Daily economic update

... that despite Fed Governor Ben Bernanke's recent rhetoric, the Fed may find it necessary to lift interest rates further. Eurozone unemployment dipped to 8.1 per cent in March from 8.2 per cent in the previous month. The latest reading is the lowest in ...