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What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... Australian dollar; expensive property prices (but mainly in Sydney); low wages and high household debt; low business confidence and investment, etcetera. "To this point", the RBA has lowered interest rates to "extraordinarily low levels" and "signalled ...

Now for Australia's debt surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... over the past 12 months to US$0.7679 currently. No wonder Australian consumer sentiment is sliding again and business confidence remains less than half the measured mood 12 months ago. Now comes this... and just in time for the coming "boring" May Budget. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... per cent to 5,020.99 points. The euro climbed to $1.0960 from $1.0919 late in New York on Tuesday. German business confidence rose to its highest level in eight months in March, as optimism continues to grow about the outlook for Europe's biggest economy ...

Fight or be beggared by the neighbours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... not come "until May" but the disappointing capex survey (released later last week), along with disappointing business confidence and disappointing consumer confidence changed all that. Governor Glenn must do more, more so because the A$/US$ has returned ...

Government to blame for fall in business confidence

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... and growing investment intentions were "one basis for optimism about the outlook going into 2015." However, "business confidence is moving in the opposite direction because of politics," he told the audience of 650 people that attended the event in Sydney. ...

Oil slide, CEO pay and that "income recession"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... of production contraction. Latest business and consumer confidence data suggest we're on our way. The NAB business confidence index dropped to a reading of 1 in November - the lowest since mid last year.A The Westpac/MI consumer confidence index plunged ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... Apple. The US economic calendar was quiet on Monday, but sentiment was lifted by data showing a rise in German business confidence. The next two days will include third-quarter US economic growth, the Conference Board's index of consumer confidence and ...

Conditions and confidence collide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... may have helped," it remains "cautious re the sustainability of the improvement". "... the easing trend in business confidence suggests that the improvement may still be an aberration. Yup, Australian business confidence has gone the opposite way in ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
The share market has opened weaker as another disappointing German business confidence reading reignited European growth concerns. The Ifo index of German business confidence fell for the sixth month in a row to a near two-year low in October, which ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... KONG - Asian markets were mixed, with Japan's Nikkei giving up earlier gains despite a surprise pick-up in business confidence and the US dollar's breaching of the 110 yen level for the first time since 2008. The US dollar extended its run-up despite ...