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Now where have I heard that before?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
... the one (the start of a bigger correction) or another dip begging to be bought? This time it's the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that did it. Its crystal ball now shows the world growing by 3.3% this year (from 3.4% predicted in July) and 3.8% (from ...

Wall Street snubs the IMF

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... for 2015 remains at 4 percent." This is the first bullet point one will read when one clicks on the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) website where it published its July "World Economic Outlook Update". Yet Wall Street appeared to have missed it - ...

FSC lobbies against super "7 year gap"

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... pension when you reach 67," Brogden explained. He spoke following Treasurer Joe Hockey's citation of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) recommendation that more countries should consider raising their pension ages during a speech in 'The Global ...

Protection needed if pension age increased: AIST

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... that the number of retirees in Australia will double over the next few decades and referred to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommendation that more countries should consider raising pension ages. However the AIST said that there were other ...

Australian budget to blow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... budget deterioration over the past six months of any of the 29 most advanced economies tracked by the International Monetary Fund". (AFR) Australia's budget deficit had widened by about 1% of our GDP since the IMF last peered into our accounts last October ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... local bourse: an overnight rebound in US markets, positive global economic growth forecasts from the International Monetary Fund, and some excitement over the takeover agreement involving David Jones. "The market's up around one per cent - that's the ...

BOE has a problem to smile about

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... doing nothing but introducing forward guidance - Mark Carney's presiding over an economy that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted -- only last night - to be the fastest growing among the G7 this year. Yes Virginia, the IMF sees the UK ...

APRA requests more decision-making power

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... by APRA staff, singly or collectively, over $20,000. The submission cited concerns expressed by the International Monetary Fund over the increased ministerial directions power, and the parliamentary disallowance procedure - whereby regulatory changes ...

Michael Hintze to join Financial Systems Inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... Westpac Banking Corporation and a deputy secretary of the Australian Treasury, and has worked for the International Monetary Fund. He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2009 for service to the finance sector The global chairman of technology ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... stocks closed mixed after a stream of generally lacklustre earnings reports and a modest upgrade to the International Monetary Fund's economic forecast. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 44.12 points (0.27 per cent) at 16,414.44. ...