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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... the Sydney Futures Exchange was up 242 points at 4,044. In economic news today, the Federal Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations will release skilled vacancies data for October. In company news, St George Bank posts its annual ...

This too shall pass

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, normally visible in real GDP, real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales.' According to the NBER, 'Most of the recessions identified by our procedures ...

Three wise economists

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... Friedman's monetarists approach was applied. In a capsule, Friedman argued that raising the money supply could increase employment and output -- or more generally economic activity. The Fed has lowered (and will be lowering) interest rates and flooded ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... cent. Other economic data out today includes the SAI Global/ACCI quarterly survey of investor confidence, the Seek employment index data for September and the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index data ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... (Australian PMI) for September, and the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its index of commodity prices. The Hudson employment expectations survey for the 4th quarter also is due. In company news, Orica Ltd chief executive Graeme Liebelt addresses the ...

Global recession coming?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... September 2001. Likewise, continuing claims, at 3.5 million, are now the highest since October 2003. The official US employment report will be released on 3 October and, given these statistics, the numbers would not be good. US capital investment is ...

Clear focus to drive age pension reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... encourage post-retirees to stay in the workforce also needs to be considered and one option we could consider is exempting employment income of retirees from the incomes test.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... Mercer will host a briefing on sovereign wealth funds by Future Fund chairman David Murray. The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations releases its skilled vacancies survey for September. Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource ...

Nomura absorbs Lehman Bros Australia

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... subject to certain conditions but Nomura said all Lehman Brothers employees in the Asia Pacific region will be offered employment with the firm. This would include employees of Grange Securities, which Lehman Brothers acquired in January last year. "This ...

Moral hazard remains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... highly prosperous economy, gave way to the theory posited by John Maynard Keynes in his opus, 'The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. Keynes postulated that laissez-faire capitalism is inherently unstable and requires heavy state intervention ...