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Risk appetite rises as cash reserves dip

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... respondents predicting "above-trend growth and below-trend inflation" has risen sharply to 32 per cent from 21 per cent in March, the highest reading since the question first appeared in February 2008. Average cash balances have fallen to 3.5 per cent ...

Wall Street beauties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... conditions." Last month only nine of the 12 regions reported "modest" improvement. Pretty. US retail sales rose by 1.6 per cent in March -- better than market expectations for a 1.2 per cent rise -- and 7.6 per cent higher compared to the same month ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... underway. The markets started their upward journey in early trade, receiving a jolt from news that US retail sales rose in March for the third consecutive month, by a greater than anticipated 1.6 per cent. Markets were also boosted by solid results from ...

The retaking of Dow 11000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... 'after-the-move' rationales for this. The upbeat news on the US economy underscored by the generation of 162,000 jobs in March, expanding manufacturing and non-manufacturing activity, stronger chain store sales, better company profit forecasts, etcetera ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... monetary tightening, dealers said. New loans issued by Chinese banks fell to 510.7 billion yuan (74.8 billion dollars) in March, lower than the 700.1 billion yuan in February. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market eased to an unimpressive close on ...

Business cycle dating

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... believes that the recession is likely over because he "personally put lots of emphasis on employment", which grew strongly in March. Another Committee member, Mr. Frankel, also cited last week's good March payrolls report for declaring that the recession ...

Enviable problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... time last year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the unemployment rate has risen to 5.7 per cent in March - up from 5.3 per cent in the previous month and only 4 per cent in March 2008. What increased the fear factor was that most ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... Economists polled by Thomson Reuters had forecast a drop. Last week, the government said that employers added 162,000 jobs in March, the most in three years. At the end of the day, the Dow had risen 29.55, or 0.3 per cent, to settle at 10,927.07. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... billion in July 2022 bonds, and the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries releases data on sales of new motor vehicles in March. In equities news, National Australia Bank Ltd chief executive Cameron Clyne addresses an Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce ...

Easter egg hunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... speculators and my uncle a better perspective on America's employment situation. US non-farm employment rose by 162,000 in March - not quite the 200,000 gain markets expected but still the biggest increase since March 2007. Better... take out the 48,000 ...