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Economic round-up: Greenspan versus the poet

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
While China's Premier Wen Jiabao relies on the economic advice of a poet, America's former Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, protests he has less influence than he's given credit for with his economic observations. Trying to turn down the heat ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
The Australian share market remained weaker at noon after an overnight slump in metal prices and Wall Street stocks. At 1200 AEST, the S&P/ASX200 Index was 13.1 points lower to 6357.7 and the all ordinaries fell 14.6 points to 6385.3. On the Sydney ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
The Australian share market remained weaker at noon, amid lingering fears the Chinese Government will lift interest rates to bring its raging sharemarket off the boil. At 1212 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 Index was down 34.4 points to 6313.7, despite ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
The Australian market is expected to open higher on a positive US lead and stronger commodity prices. The June share price index was up 29 points at 6300. Today, building materials company James Hardie Ltd releases its full year results and wheat grower ...

Economic round-up: Chinese whispers and inflation rumbles

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
Comments by former US Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, over China's "unsustainable" market weighed heavily on the Australian dollar yesterday, while the OECD flagged a threat to our inflation. On Wednesday Dr Greenspan, speaking by satellite ...

Manage your retirement: Greenspan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
Former US Federal Reserve Chairman Dr Alan Greenspan said US Government social security and Medicare liabilities would be hard to meet and baby boomers worldwide needed to be more active in their retirement preparations. Dr Greenspan was the keynote ...

Emerging markets enter hibernation

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
Emerging market fund flows are at a virtual stasis after recent volatility and a large scale capital exodus in June, according to the latest figures released by Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR). Emerging market fund flows were virtually stagnant ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2006
The wild gyration that has characterised financial market trading activity since mid-May continued to make its presence felt last week. Trading in stock and commodity markets remained highly volatile with prices swinging wildly. Anxious investors sold ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2006
Overnight US reports indicating that economic activity remains strong in spite of rising interest rates sparked a strong rally in US equities. The S&P 500 index increased by 1.8 per cent overnight - the largest one-day gain since April last year. The ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2006
Last night's bigger than expected increase in US core consumer prices virtually sealed a 25 basis point interest rate hike at the 29 June Federal Open Market Committee meeting. US core consumer price inflation rose by 0.3 per cent in May - the third ...