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"Patient" is the (key)word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... for the moon, eroding corporate profits (through reduced competitiveness and translation effects), raising the risk of deflation that encourages consumers to defer spending (until prices cheapen some more), that weakens business sales, investment in ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... optimistic note after the first week of European Central Bank's massive bond-buying program to stimulate growth and ward off deflation. Frankfurt's DAX 30 index gained 0.87 per cent to hit a new record close of 11,901.61 points, while in Paris the CAC ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... rate had eased slightly, while South Korea became the latest country to cut interest rates as it struggles to fight off deflation. Tokyo rallied 1.43 per cent, or 267.59 points, to 18,991.11, Sydney added 0.98 per cent, or 56.97 points, to close at 5,850.17 ...

It might just be a matter of time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
It's back! That old familiar "good is bad and bad is good" trade on The Street. Stronger-than-expected US payrolls growth equals June interest rate lift off - Wall Street not happy camper. Weaker-than-expected and third consecutive monthly decline in ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... billion) worth of bonds per month in the long-awaited purchase program, known as quantitative easing, aimed at warding off deflation and stimulating growth across the eurozone. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell, dragged down by expectations the US ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... streets flooded with euros, to devalue the currency vis-A -vis everyone else's to export the region's weak growth and deflation somewhere else, anywhere but the eurozone. It's working, it's working. The Stoxx 600 index added another 0.8% overnight, taking ...

I cut, you cut, I cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... parts of the world" products become more expensive and, given the current cycle, it reduces the risk of disinflation/deflation. Except for the overseas travel bugs, everything is prettied by an ugly Australian dollar. But here's the rub, Australia's ...

Fight or be beggared by the neighbours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... exchange rates. The Fed won't sit idly by and let its neighbours beggar America by dumping their economic weakness and deflation to the US. While the plunge in crude oil prices remains the biggest contributor, it's also a fact that the strong US dollar ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... of an interest rate hike, as Tokyo advanced to a fresh high despite disappointing figures challenging Japan's war on deflation. Official data showed Japanese inflation slowed for a sixth straight month in January, dampened by weak consumer spending and ...

Investor sentiment shifting overseas

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
Deflation, rising debt and dampening economic outlooks that are limiting returns expectations are forcing investors to pursue more positive opportunities overseas rather than invest in Australia. Australia is becoming less attractive because even though ...