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Market to open flat

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... weakness in the world's second biggest economy and reignites worries about the country slipping into a painful spiral of deflation, which could further drag on any recovery. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares fell, led by MightyRiverPower, Contact Energy ...

Greece's bundle of debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
"If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem." -J. Paul Getty Try 240 billion euros or $272 billion J. Paul - the total amount of bailout money extended to Greece thus far -- a,-300 million ...

Tug o' currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... US$1.1451 last Friday. This is because thanks to the weaker euro, the region's economic growth outlook has improved and deflation there is turning into inflation - triggering speculation that the ECB might reduce/end QE before the set September 2016 ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... headlined rationale is that the US jobless claims report reported overnight is good for the economy but the accelerating deflation in producer prices of final demand - down 1.3% (yoy) in April after being down 0.8% in March - would make the Fed lift ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains on Wall Street on Friday. The June share price index futures contract was up 43 points at 5,645. Wall Street stocks surged more than one per cent on Friday after new data showed that the ...

Bond bears out of hibernation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... lift-off. The overriding rationale though - and one that bonds are so sensitive about - is inflation. They argue that the deflation trade is no longer. Inflation is beginning to stir and inflation expectations are rising - not less because of the bottoming/rebounding ...

Modi under the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... in the hype of the moment because it is easy to promise reform, but it is more difficult to act." A winner amid Asia deflation Falls in energy prices and Asia's central banks' links with the US Federal Reserve are sending deflationary winds to the region. ...

China's deflation limited says ANZ boss

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... look at China as a number of economies, because certainly some parts of the economy are suffering from issues around deflation but most are suffering from inflation. Wage inflation in China is still very real," Smith said. "So I think the deflationary ...

PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
Markit Economics' flash PMI (purchasing managers' index) data dump yesterday gives us the lay of the land for first quarter economy and beyond. While it's tempting to correlate these PMI readings with the effectiveness (or not) of the monetary policy ...

'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... of the BOE. The UK stock market appears to be confident that Mark would be able to navigate the UK economy away from deflation. The FTSE-100 index broke above 7,000 points for the first time last week - the highest on record. But as with any good news ...