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Sweeet!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... Grexit. It won't contemplate bankruptcy. To do so would be asking for an even greater headache for the eurozone. As 'The Economist' eloquently puts it, "The reduction in interest rates [for Greece] means that Italy and Spain are lending money to Greece ...

Bear market end in sight: AMP Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... easing fuelled rally only for eurozone debt-to-GDP fears to scare everyone back into safe-havens. But now AMP's chief economist says that the secular bear market is showing signs of giving way to a long-term bull run that share investors can finally ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat following the overnight lead of international bourses which have treaded water as EU ministers meet over Greek debt but are unlikely to release critically needed bailout funds. At 0652 AEDT on Tuesday, the ...

RBA holds rates but deploys rhetoric as magic pudding

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... in other developed countries like the US and UK where central bank rates remain at 0.5% or below. Shane Oliver, chief economist at AMP Capital, said he was surprised by what he described as a very explicit statement on the part of the RBA. "It's well ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
Australian stocks have opened flat in quiet trade as market players await a Melbourne Cup day interest rate decision from the central bank. At 1027 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 2.7 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 4,471.4 points ...

Wealth gap narrows in China

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... Chinese Rural Studies in August. "The Chinese Economy is going through a big transition," said Paul Bloxham, HSBC chief economist, Australia and New Zealand. A slowdown in investment driven growth means the Chinese Government needs to increase consumption ...

Uncertainty goes uncertainty comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... "Hurricane Sandy may reduce economic output by $25 billion in the fourth quarter, according to Gregory Daco, a U.S. economist at IHS Global Insight in Lexington, Massachusetts. That could lower the fourth-quarter pace of growth to between 1 percent and ...

With or without China we're not cactus: James

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... monolith remains a global economic powerhouse responsible for 34% of global economic growth in 2012, according to Commsec economist Craig James. In his keynote address to the AFA Conference last week, James reminded delegates that even though China is ...

Financial services outstrip mining: CommSec

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... (AFA) National Conference had enjoyed the jungle-themed welcome party the previous night a little too much, the chief economist spared his jaded audience any bad news, saying that threats to the global economy were over-stated and would survive a possible ...

More young Americans worried about retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... reinforcing the view that until US home values improve, a sustained US recovery will be unlikley notwithstanding that many economist are also saying that one of the core ingredients of the recovery in the first place will be this home value recovery. ...