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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... spending cuts. But the Australian market reaction was mixed, with two of the big four banks going backwards. CommSec chief economist Craig James said Australian investors saw the US Republicans as delaying a tough decision, rather than solving the debt ...

Global bond melt-down on cards: Harris Fraser

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
A major turn in the US Federal Reserve's policy has increased the potential for a catastrophic fall across fixed income markets, a factor which is being largely ignored by the global investment community, according to wealth manager Harris Fraser. At ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2013
The Australian market fell slightly at noon as investors wait for the US earnings season to get into full swing. At 1202 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 0.9 points, or 0.02 per cent, at 4,707.2 and the broader All Ordinaries ...

Above trend growth bodes well for commodities

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013
... do support local incomes, the RBA may conclude that its easing phase is done, according to Paul Bloxham, HSBC chief economist (Australia/NZ). "We expect that the RBA is now probably done with the easing phase of this interest rate cycle and that the ...

2013 Chief Economists Forum, reserve your seat now

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
Registrations are still open for 2013 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum, where leading chief economists will share their views on the economic and investment outlook for the coming year. A host of expert speakers will share their thoughts on ...

2013

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
Economists like predicting the future and so as 2012 draws to a close, what will be the big themes of 2013 for Australian institutional investors? The first one will be that Australia, as a fundamentally nervous nation, will continue to do all it can ...

Pension funds reckless on climate risk: Hewson

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... pension funds and insurance companies has uncovered a reckless mismanagement of climate change risk, said a prominent economist. Yesterday the not-for-profit group the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AOPD) released what it said was the first ever global ...

China's coming soft landing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... sectors of the economy, making Australia's concerns with just a "two-speed" economy seem somewhat hillbilly. Ting Lu, an economist at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, was even more more upbeat, saying, "The Chinese economy is now in a sweet-spot and can ...

China primed for encouraging rebound: HSBC

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... rates unchanged in 2013. While the inflation target is likely to remain 4%, the same as in 2012, Qu Hongbin HSBC's Chief Economist (Greater China) sees price stability as a priority, not only for economic development reasons but also for social stability. ...

Good US housing news gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... Reuters share price analysis. Confirming the sentiment shift, analysis of US Department of Commerce housing figures by the Economist magazine show that while new housing starts year on year spiked in October to 3.8% up from 3.5% two months earlier, they ...