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PIG now officially PIGS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... wins, the 100 bil will be counted as Spanish debt (of which interest payments would go into the fiscal deficit), deficit to GDP goes up, debt to GDP goes up, more downgrades, higher interest rates, economic contraction, more request for financial assistance. ...

PM rejects lifting retirement age to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... unlocking labour force participation for women and older people is seen as one the best approaches to boosting productivity and GDP. The Grattan Institute today released a report 'Game Changers: Economic Reform Priorities for Australia' that explored ...

Super FUM up 3.6pc

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... The value of superannuation FUM is up 3.6% in the year to March 2012 to reach $1.38 trillion, tracking the growth rate of GDP that was announced yesterday. Public sector funds are, however, growing almost 4-times faster as 14%, reflecting cash injections ...

All juiced up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... all started from Aussieland. Here's Bloomberg's headline at about 5PM yesterday, "Europe Futures, Asia Stocks Rise on Aussie GDP". Australian real GDP jumped by 1.3% in the March quarter of 2012 - more than double expectations for a 0.6% gain. Household ...

Equity value - cheap or the new normal?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... long time to America. The country, which based on The Economist magazine's forecast, will have a budget deficit of 7.6% of GDP this year - slightly better than the 7.8% deficit expected for Greece but worse than Spain's predicted 5.9% shortfall and more ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases the National Accounts, including gross domestic product (GDP) for March quarter 2012. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed higher, clawing back ...

Down and out in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012
... to call on their steel nerve reserves to get passed the string of bad news out of America last night. US first quarter real GDP revised down to an annualised rate of 1.9% from 2.2% previously. Corporate profits grew at their slowest pace in more than ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... institutions only 2 months ago and found that majority could withstand its worst case scenario that includes an 8% drop in GDP growth with the unemployment rate jumping to 13%, a 21% slide in house prices, and a 50% plunge in the stock market. Certainly ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... 10-year bonds) for debts and the one which "The Economist" magazine predicts will be running a budget deficit of around 5.9% of GDP this year is playing Robin the Hood(lum) - taking from the poor "choking from austerity" taxpayers and giving to bankers. ...

Managers confident on value as China PMI contracts

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012
... goals of the government," said Vail. "Even assuming a deceleration in growth, China would add an equivalent amount of global GDP in 2012 as it did in years prior." Brad Potter, portfolio manager at Tyndall AM said the asset manager's exposure to China ...