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Australia at heart of new Asia-centric world order

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... have huge ramifications for the balance of power in the global economy. He explained that in purchasing power parity terms, China's gross national product (GNP) as a share of global GNP was less than one-tenth that of US in 1980. But in the coming years ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... from $1.3421 late in New York on Monday. HONG KONG - Asian stocks slipped after an HSBC report showed the performance of China's service sector fell to a record low in July. The HSBC China services Purchasing Managers' Index in July slipped to 50.0 ...

US bond market says not yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... - Putin and the Ukraine, Israel and Hamas, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, etc - and rising volatility, there's the IMF "advising" China to slow its economic growth, there's the US economy growing strongly that the Fed could start jacking up interest rates any ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... expected positive Chinese private mortgage insurance data, IG dealer Chris Weston said. "If we get some good numbers out of China.... then perhaps the sector that's been really hot, which is the material sector, can see a bit of buying coming through." ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... push us higher," Mr Shamu said on Thursday. "Perhaps, when we get more markets opening in the region, particularly around China, then possibly we'll get some more leads." EU sanctions target sectors of Russia's economy, limiting the access of state banks ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... The US central bank meets on Wednesday (US time) while the quarterly US economic growth data is also set to be released. China will provide two updates on the health of its manufacturing industry on Friday. Locally, the big miners all gained on Wednesday ...

Boost from Chinese stimulus to be short-lived

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... consumption. Dr Jiming Ha, vice chairman and chief investment strategist of the Goldman Sachs' Investment Management Division China, told Financial Standard that the group's latest report suggests lowering portfolio allocations to emerging market regions ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... mostly risen as investors await the release of key US data at the end of the week, while Shanghai and Hong Kong surged after China approved three private banks as part of an economic reform drive. Tokyo rose 0.46 per cent, or 71.53 points, to 15,529.40 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... safety. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose. Investors were still upbeat after Thursday's strong manufacturing data from China as well as the eurozone, which lifted hopes for the global economy. Tokyo rallied 1.13 per cent, or 173.45 points, to a six-month ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... Chinese manufacturing data and US company earnings. Banking giant HSBC said its preliminary purchasing managers index of China's manufacturing activity for July jumped to 52.0 from a final reading of 50.7 in June. The result suggests a recent slate of ...