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Bear killer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... will not, meet its deficit target this year. Surprise of all surprises! The deficit is now expected to come in at 8.5% of GDP this year instead of 7.6%. What we're we saying about taking care of the numerator (deficit) and the denominator (GDP) at the ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... eurozone." At least there was some hopeful news out of the US last night. The US Commerce Department revised up second quarter real GDP to an annualised growth rate of 1.3% -- a bit better than market expectations for a 1.2% rise and 30% more than second ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... that sells for less than half the iPad price. The signals were mildly positive, with an upward revision in the second quarter GDP growth figure to 1.3 per cent, and a sharp fall in weekly jobless benefits claims. Meanwhile, Germany's approval of the ...

Global forecast downgraded, Australia strong

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... at only 1.9%. The IMF's September World Economic Outlook (WEO) has downgraded its global growth forecasts, projecting world GDP to grow 4.0% in 2011, down from 4.3% in its June update. The IMF's WEO global growth forecast for 2012 has also been revised ...

IMF says prepare to buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... are growing." It now predicts global growth to "moderate to about 4 percent through 2012, from over 5 percent in 2010. Real GDP in the advanced economies is projected to expand at an anemic pace of about 1.5 percent in 2011 and 2 percent..." and "would ...

Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... falling below the zero line are great. Recall the sharp growth deceleration in Germany and France in the second quarter. German GDP barely grew - at 0.1% -- in the June quarter from 1.3% in the first while the French economy did not grow at all in the ...

Damned to default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
... I don't know what financial markets have been smoking but as far I'm concerned Greek's been cactus ever since it's debt-to-GDP ratio hit 140% and real GDP slumped by a massive 7.3% in the year to the second quarter of 2011. Oh, and official growth forecasts ...

Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... data showing that not one additional job was created in August. A good effort as it is estimated to add between 1% and 3% to GDP growth, that is if he can get the GOP-hostaged Congress to pass the plan. And Big Ben? Looks like he's more into blahs than ...

Omega bond launch timed for asset allocation shift

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... McCrum. "We're investing in securities that are fundamentally very financially healthy, so that's governments with low debt to GDP ratios or corporates that have low leverage, high return on equity and lots of liquidity. "The Australian bond market is ...

Obama punts on US$300bn jobs package

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... is only about 5% - the level where Australian unemployment is stuck. Contributing to the malaise he is wrestling with is 1% GDP growth, a sluggish housing market that is sapping consumer confidence and retail sales figures so low the markets became excited ...