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Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... sheilas, are done waiting too. Contrary to the pessimistic headlines, we were done waiting as early as the first quarter. Real GDP expanded by 4.3% as at the end of March quarter - the fastest rate since the third quarter of 2007. Yes, that was even ...

Good one day, no good the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... dressing or speculators taking their profits ahead of a big decision in Europe. The third revision of first quarter US real GDP growth was released. No, not that it was unchanged at 1.9%. That couldn't be a rationale for last night's dip. The Supreme ...

US equities a gateway to emerging markets

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... 'the fiscal cliff' that if not dealt with, has some analysts predicting as much as three to five percentage points off US GDP in 2013.

Canadian pension funds eye Aust infra

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... is still an attractive investment destination for investors; it is highly transparent, it has legal certainty, and a 4.3% GDP growth," he said. TTC said the speakers were brought together to discuss the reason behind the rising trend of Canadian investment ...

Philanthropy needs simpler support: Perpetual Private

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... recognition would encourage even greater level of generosity. Australia currently sits third in terms of giving as a proportion of GDP (0.69%), behind the US (1.67%) and the UK (0.73%). "When these entities were previously called Prescribed Private Funds ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... "Most of the things that you would expect to frighten the market in America, frightened the market in America such as the GDP numbers and the general disquiet with what's happening in Europe," he said. "That's translated here in pretty savage lashing ...

Fed twists again like it did last summer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... time? The time when most economic and survey data releases were beating market expectations months before. But I digress. Real GDP growth next year is now expected to be only around 2.2%-2.8% compared with April's estimate of 2.7%-3.1%. Lowered growth ...

BRIC slows on Europe woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... country's largest export - prices have prompted the government to predict an expansion of not more than 4.0% in 2012. India's real GDP growth has more than halved to 5.6% in the first three months of 2012 from 12.6% in the same quarter of 2010. Similarly ...

Fin services GDP share to shrink by 2050

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... ICT revolution will have on the nation's economy and which sectors will be the winners and losers and why. While Australia's GDP will be an estimated $4 trillion by 2050, about $1 trillion of this national income will be due to digitally enhanced industries ...

HSBC invests $100m in water

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
HSBC Group has announced a five-year global investment of $100 million in water following findings that by 2050 the GDP of the top 10 river basins will exceed that of the USA, Japan and Germany combined. A new report commissioned by HSBC from Frontier ...