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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... on concerns about slow progress in bailout negotiations between Greece and international creditors. International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde played down talk of Greece delaying its debt payment to the Fund next month. Citigroup gained 1.5 ...

Now for Australia's debt surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... "Australia will suffer the developed world's most dramatic surge in debt by 2020, according to an International Monetary Fund report..." Australia's "Debt will grow 32 per cent to 22.4 per cent of GDP in 2020 from 17 per cent at the end of 2014..." "Australia's ...

IMF predicts drop in foreign earnings

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
Australia can expect a drop in foreign earnings and a drag on growth this year according to the International Monetary Fund's most recent World Economic Outlook. The IMF said the downturn in the global commodity cycle is continuing to hit Australia's ...

Even simple funds pose risks: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... investment funds, including long only mutual funds, can pose financial stability risks, warns the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The international body's recent update to its Global Financial Stability Report offered five policy messages about the ...

Asia already benefiting from fall in oil prices

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... indices." However, lower prices are likely to have a positive impact on global growth; according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a 10% drop in oil prices could result into a 0.2% increase in global GDP. BlackRock also lists Asian countries ...

Reasons to cheer amid gloomy predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
Low inflation, low returns and high volatility are set to be the new normal in 2015. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirmed the trend when it downgraded its growth forecast for the global economy from 3.8% for 2015 in October to a lower 3.5% ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... (0.44 per cent) at 4,654.85. Stocks were pressed down earlier by the fall in oil prices after the International Monetary Fund sharply cut its global growth estimates by 0.3 percentage point, to 3.5 per cent this year and 3.7 per cent in 2016. Shares ...

Standard Life Inv strengthens strategy team

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... and was most recently with Ziff Brothers Investments as senior economist. He has also worked for the International Monetary Fund and the US Treasury Department. Based in Edinburgh, Faulkner-MacDonagh will report directly to the head of global strategy ...

Seesaw on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... turning the previous day's see on Wall Street into last night's saw. All are thanking the friendly International Monetary Fund (IMF) for opening up another entry point. But the rationale is really two sides of the same coin. The IMF's downgrade of its ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... on markets in the United States and Europe overnight. The market slide was generated partly by an International Monetary Fund report that lowered its global economic growth forecasts for 2014. Also, the German economy ministry said industrial output ...