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Stuck at zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... attractive by offering higher rates? Sure, if it has the werewithal to pay. But with USA Inc's deficit running at 12 per cent of GDP and rising, how? And this would serve as a drag on economic activity further eroding its ability to repay. Are we about ...

Trick or treat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... the economy handed it a treat last Thursday in the form of a better-than-expected 3.5 per cent annualised growth in US real GDP growth in the third quarter. Ahhh...all is well. The US economy is back to growth. But Halloween is not otherwise known as ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... 1,036.19. The sell-off came after a broad-based rally on Thursday after the US government reported that gross domestic product (GDP) rose at a 3.5 per cent annual rate in the third quarter after a year of contraction. LONDON - European stock markets ...

Back on the road again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... later today. Let's celebrate the fact that the US National Accounts showed growth in every major component that makes up its GDP in the third quarter. Personal consumption (up 3.4 per cent). Check. Gross private investment (up 11.5 per cent). Check. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... consumer spending persist. The economic growth came in ahead of the 3.3 per cent rise forecast by economists. The expansion in GDP was the best in two years and broke four consecutive quarters of declines. The strong GDP report weakened demand for safe-havens ...

Pushing on a string

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009

What China wants China gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... cent this year. It's on its way. Recent reports show that China is set to beat this growth forecast this year. Chinese real GDP expanded by 8.9 per cent in the year to the third quarter, up a full percentage point from the previous quarter's 7.9 per ...

Super saved the economy

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... Australia. It indicates that compulsory superannuation may have increased the household saving rate by up to 1.5 to 2 per cent of GDP." The research estimates that without superannuation, investment would have been $14 billion, or 4.5 per cent, lower ...

Arise Chindonesia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... ingredient in many food, cosmetic and bath products. This abundance of natural resources helped propel Indonesia to 3.5 per cent GDP growth this year. For Indonesia to make the transition will require many steps, reported a Jakarta Post editorial earlier ...

Too big to fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
... US$46.61 billion in September, bringing the total FY 2009 deficit to US$1,417,121,000,000. This accounts for 9.9 per cent of GDP and represents a 212 per cent increase from last year's deficit of US$455,000,000,000. America would need a heck lot of financing ...