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Wen Confucius meets Sun Tzu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions." Recall that the Chinese government has explicitly targeted an annual GDP growth rate of 8.0% since 2005 (modest speech). The table below shows the "exceeds in his actions part". Actual GDP growth ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... quarter at 1130 AEDT. The report is one of the partial indicators in the lead-up this week's release of gross domestic product (GDP) numbers for the three months to December 31, 2011. A private-sector survey on job advertisements were also due out on ...

No please explain needed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... economic fundamentals have been doing nothing but strengthening. We got more of them last night. US fourth quarter 2011 real GDP growth was revised higher to an annualised rate of 3% -- the fastest pace in six quarters -- from the initial estimate of ...

Thrilla in Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... European Commission (EU) said last night: "Against the backdrop of a waning growth momentum and continued low confidence, real GDP is expected to remain unchanged in the EU (0.0%) and to shrink by 0.3% in the euro area in 2012. This constitutes a downward ...

Pricing competition risks net returns from MySuper: FSC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... ING Direct," Brogden said. The scale of the system was a point of emphasis, with predicted growth outstripping Australia's GDP to reach $3 trillion by 2020 and $5.5 trillion by 2030. "Accelerated merger activity combined with the increase in the SG to ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... promises. According to German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, Greece's new proposal would lower its debt to only 135% of GDP by 2020, far above the 120% expected as pre-condition for this latest disbursement. But these conditions are exactly the ...

Enough of Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... me to learn that nothin' comes for free The price I've paid is high enough for me." Yes, and what price it was. Greek real GDP contracted by 5.5% in the year to the first quarter of 2011. Unfortunately, this is the latest available data I could find ...

Waiting for the RBA to dance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... sovereign debt crisis overhang. And if you want to be real positive, report out last night showed that the Eurozone's debt-to-GDP ratio declined to 87.4% of GDP in the third quarter of last year from 87.7% in the previous one. And have you read about ...

Eyes turn to monetary policy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
Australian GDP growth will slow this year shifting the focus back to monetary policy and Macquarie Group chief economist Richard Gibbs forecasts the RBA will respond with two more rate cuts during 2012. Gibbs was speaking at the 2012 Financial Standard ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... kept investors wary ahead of the start of the local earnings season. Wall Street ended lower after US gross domestic product (GDP) data missed expectations - despite recording its fastest growth rate since the first quarter of 2010 - and more disappointing ...