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Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... sand in the desert. A glance at the CIA Factbook shows that the Egyptian economy accounts for a puny 0.6 per cent of world GDP. It wouldn't be missed if it goes the way of the pharaohs. Its biggest trading partners are the United States, China and Germany. ...

Middle East mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... Ford and Amazon - continue to beat profit estimates. And why not, the US economy has woken up from its summer slumber. Real GDP growth accelerated to an annual rate of 3.2 per cent in the fourth quarter from 2.6 per cent in the previous three-month period. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... would move up over 99 US cents once the European session gets underway and would stay at this level until fourth quarter US GDP figures were released overnight (AEDT).

Downgrade me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... particularly pronounced, and the government is now expected to miss its fiscal target -- a primary balance of about 3.0 per cent of GDP -- by a wide margin." And where would talks of fiscal deficits and government debts be without the United States huge ...

Levy disaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011

When good is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... major market moving items on the cards this week - The US Federal Reserve's FOMC meeting and the release of US fourth quarter GDP growth stats. Financial markets expect the Fed to maintain the status quo - no change in interest rates, no change in US$600 ...

Floods test contingency plans

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... of reasons to delay claims" he said. While economists believe the flooding could knock as much as 1 per cent of Australia's GDP this year, Pohl said that the disaster will have minimal impact on Hyperion's investment plans, due to its 'bottom up' stock ...

Growth spoiler

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... 2012/13? Overall, the impact of the flood on the domestic economy might be devastating (during the Queensland flood of 1974, GDP growth fell by 2.9 per cent in the secodn quarter from a positive 0.1 per cent in the first), but they are transitory. Rebuilding ...

Perpetual sees 8pc upside for ASX200

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... reasonable in light of fragile global economic conditions. Sherwood sees a rosy year ahead for the Australian economy, with GDP growth expected at around 4 per cent. The RBA could hike interest rates by a cumulative 75 basis points over the course of ...

Chinese fund on BT Investment Wrap

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... we found that we could easily satisfy that demand due to the great interest in China resulting from its high single digit GDP growth prospects, compared to the slower growth out of most developed economies," said Mulligan. Mulligan said the fund would ...