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Damned either way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009

Debt load

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... grade. The downgrade was prompted by Fitch's concern over Greece's budget deficit which is expected to reach 12 per cent of GDP. But wait...wait! Isn't America's budget deficit already at 12 per cent of its GDP - 11.9 per cent as at September 2009? And ...

Australians as Asians

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
... would grow along with it. Good news for Australia. More good news for Australia. India is also growing...strongly. Indian real GDP expanded by 7.9 per cent in the year to the third quarter - much, much higher than market predictions for growth of only ...

L-U-V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... at the 'Key regional charts', the 'gross domestic product - yearly changes %' in particular. What do you see? You see the GDP growth pattern of the USA, Japan, Euro area, and the OECD as a whole in the shape of a V. This is almost similar to the International ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... financial crisis. Another report that could influence the market will be Tuesday's revised estimate for US gross domestic product (GDP) in the third quarter. Most analysts expect a revision to show 3.0 per cent expansion from a first estimate of 3.5 ...

Ganging up on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... watch currency market developments, especially after reports that it's economy is growing nicely, thank you very much. Real GDP expanded at a stunning annualised rate of 4.8 per cent in the third quarter. But no! Iie! Nein! Nyet! Japan remains worried ...

Emerging markets could be heading for bubble

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... head of emerging market equities at Schroders Investment Management, said while the Global Emerging Markets Aggregate Index/GDP has recovered by 94 per cent from its lows earlier this year, the region is not expensive but it's no longer cheap. This recovery ...

Optimism may not be enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... the contraction in the Eurozone economy as a whole continue to ease. Most are now expecting the single-currency area's real GDP to post positive growth in the third quarter. Given this optimism, the rally in Eurozone equities over the past few months ...

Job woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... stock market - a leading indicator of the economy - is predicting recovery. The 3.5 per cent annualised growth in US real GDP in the third quarter suggests that the economy is following the scrip. The labour market is next. This is underscored by the ...

Advice delivers $2,400 savings per year: research

IFSA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... implications of higher national savings. KPMG found that if an extra 5 per cent of Australians accessed financial advice, GDP could be higher by 0.5 per cent in national savings by 2014/15. But the economy-wide modeling stopped short of considering other ...