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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... McPherson said that despite momentary relief that the Australian economy had returned to growth, with gross domestic product (GDP) up 1.2 per cent in the June quarter, after suffering a downturn in the previous quarter because of the floods and cyclones ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... showed net exports would detract 0.5 percentage points from growth in the June quarter measure of gross domestic product (GDP). The Australian dollar was trading at 105.26 US cents just before the data was released at 1130 AEST and fell to 105.02 shortly ...

It's official, Rudd saved Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... much export revenue it brings in but as an employer it was a minnow. And because exports make up about 20% of Australia's GDP, admittedly a large figure by global standards, mining's contribution is often misunderstood - indeed during the ensuing debate ...

Rainmaker event draws global investors to Australian market

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... market is tipped to reach US$5 trillion by 2021 thanks, in part, to rising superannuation contributions, coupled with growing GDP and population resulting in an increasingly compelling investment case. The exclusive seminar will examine the Australian ...

Janus launches Asia equity strategy

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... fund with a team of analysts focused on regional sectors. "Many of the countries in this region have Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rates well in excess of what we're seeing in much of the developed world," said Yoh. "I believe that many Asian corporations ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... records (dating back from January 1993). The only thing I don't have to complete the NBER recession indicator set is monthly GDP. But the quarter-on-quarter result showed real GDP growth had improved to 0.3% in the June quarter (though we may get a lower ...

NZ Govt to enrol extra 1m into Kiwisaver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... the NZ government to increase borrowings by $A600 million. New Zealand's national government debt is estimated to be 31% of GDP. In Australia the corresponding figure is less than 20%. According to figures available on the Kiwisaver website, while A$2.4 ...

Moody's does an S&P

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... particular, the 11 March earthquake and Fukushima nuclear disaster) "make it difficult for Japan to slow the growth of debt-to-GDP and thus drive this rating action." Is there anybody out there besides moi getting credit ratings downgrade fatigue? I'm ...

Willing America into a dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... steadily accelerating over the past three months. And at 3.7% (year-on-year), industrial production is more consistent with GDP growth rates of between 2-3% rather than the second quarter's reading of 1.3% annualised. (As an aside, the second estimate ...

Super now the fourth pillar

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... introduced, a policy reform that paved the way for superannuation to grow into a savings pool that is now 110% of the nation's GDP. "The first pillar is the basic wage, the second is the age pension, the third is Medicare and superannuation is now the ...