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Spanish austerity and Chinese take-away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... continue to worry about - China. The Peoples Bank of China (PBOC) is keeping the money flowing. It injected a net 365 billion yuan (or around US$58 billion) into the money markets this week. This is the biggest weekly injection on record and is aimed ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012

They will or they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... "stimulus is working" side again. This, after the People's Bank of China (PBOC) reported that new lending jumped to 703.9 billion yuan (US$111 billion) in August - more than the 600 billion expected and a 30.4% increase from the previous month. Also ...

Ben's turn to be super

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... Mario, he's got them now. More so now, now that China's started stimulation of its own. The latest of which is the 1 trillion yuan worth of infrastructure projects to build 2,018 kilometres of roads and construct subways in 18 cities. Uncle Ben wouldn't ...

Chinese pension fund awards global mandates

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... national pension fund has released a list of 12 global investment managers awarded mandates in July to help manage the 869bn yuan ($A132bn) fund. China's National Social Security Fund (NSSF) announced the appointments yesterday, which included AMP Capital ...

Wen's visible hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... have to go so far back to see how much control Wen's visible hand has. China's new bank lending increased to 919.8 billion yuan (US$144 billion) in June, up from 793.2 billion yuan in May, up from 681.8 in April and up 45.1% from the same month last ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, which covers A and B shares, slumped 25.97 points to 2,201.35 on turnover of 52.1 billion yuan ($A8.01 billion). WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares rose, led by retailers with stores in Australia such as Kathmandu and ...

Bad news? What bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... that the second biggest economy in the world is poised to turn on the money tap estimated to be half that of the 4 trillion yuan (US$630 billion) announced in 2008. And folks, this is on top of the 50 basis point reduction in the reserve requirement ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A and B shares, ended down 15.25 points at 2394.98 on turnover of 75.8 billion yuan ($A11.97 billion). WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares fell, led by SkyCity Entertainment Group after the casino operator warned ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... growth data and fading optimism over the US economy. The euro slipped further as investors became more risk-averse, while the yuan sank against the US dollar on the first trading day since Beijing widened the trading band for the Chinese currency. Tokyo ...