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Can't hear you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... causality. Which causes what? Would strong and strengthening corporate profits lift economic activity to produce a durable recovery? Or would the current soft patch the US economy finds itself in - and its huge debt and deficit and the European sovereign ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
The Australian market is expected to open marginally higher on Friday after Wall Street continued a recovery, although it ended relatively flat. Both oil and metals were mixed overnight. On the ASX 24 at 0701 AEST, the June share price index futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... straight day of gains as stronger commodity price gave rise to more optimistic views on the prospects for a global economic recovery. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index added 62.7 points, or 1.34 per cent, to 4,756.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
The Australian market is expected to open higher on Thursday, as a recovery in commodity prices sparked a more positive performance in share prices on Wall Street. On the ASX 24 at 0713 AEST, the June share price index futures contract was 24 points ...

Seeing evil, hearing evil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... downward pressure on inflation and ease the need for aggressive monetary policy tightening, thereby assuring that the global recovery proceeds - as planned. This was the prevailing thought only a few months ago - in January, February, March and April ...

Straus-Kahn stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... significantly higher. For despite these circulating jitters, most American economic indicators point to a continuation of its recovery. Also, news out of the Eurozone over the weekend showed that the 17-nation economy expanded by 0.8 per cent in the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
The Australian market has recovered slightly in opening trade on Friday, following a recovery on Wall Street in both commodities and equities. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 4.5 points, or 0.1 per cent, at 4,700.8 points, while the broader All ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... The market's broad sell off, which sent all 10 industry groups in the S&P 500 index lower, is a sign that the economic recovery still seems uncertain at times. Strong earnings have been carrying the market higher since the beginning of 2011. On Tuesday ...

Backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... figurative yesterday) consensus claim that the US economy needs to generate at least 150K jobs a month to ensure that the recovery is sustainable? Well, here's news for you my dear friends, job creation had been above 200k for the past three consecutive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... 0.84 per cent, to 4813.8. NEW YORK - Serious doubts about the health of the job market and the pace of the US economic recovery put markets on edge on Wednesday. Stocks fell after payroll processor ADP said companies added 179,000 new jobs in April ...