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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... reassure wary investors ahead of US jobs data due later in the day. The slide came as International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde warned the global economy was slowing and said the situation could get worse because Europe was not doing enough ...

QE hope - must be getting tough again?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... stagnation," warned Nissan Motor and Renault chief executive Carlos Ghosn. Perhaps so tough that IMF managing director Christine Lagarde has called on "policymakers need to take decisive steps to break free of the crisis." But she had been at this since ...

Unstable markets demand more from COOs

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... (Binalong Advisory Services), Greg O'Neill (La Trobe Financial), Christopher Page (Rainmaker and Financial Standard), Christine Liosis (Telstra Super), David Coogan (PricewaterhouseCoopers) and Jeff Bresnahan (SuperRatings). For information on the Awards ...

That anxious wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... and developing country growth rates could fall by as much or more than in 2008-09." I can also hear IMF head honcha, Christine Lagarde, going gloat, gloat, gloat. Less than a week after the WB announced its warning, she too went a-spooking and declared ...

Dickens on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... one's best interest to see economies go down the drain. Not even the bears. A fact highlighted by IMF managing director Christine Lagarde's weekend announcement that the IMF "has secured "commitments that are north of US$430 billion," doubling the Fund's ...

Market Wrap-Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... also added to the general sense of pessimism. The euro was supported by comments from International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde and Japan Finance Minister Jun Azumi who both said the IMF would achieve its goal of raising enough cash for a firewall ...

In it to win it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... the IMF to the rescue. And speaking of the IMF, it'll soon have bigger resources to fight the good fight. IMF chief Christine Lagarde expects the Fund to reach 'critical mass' this week in raising more than US$400 billion from contributing governments. ...

What price surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
Whose fault is it anyway? New Greens leader Christine Milne has barely warmed the seat Bob Brown vacated last week and she's already off to a firing start. Don't blame Julia and Swan (and the Greens?), they've been locked in into delivering the "promised" ...

Super tax concessions in spotlight

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... superannuation tax concessions, because significant changes should be made to make the system more equitable," acting leader Christine Milne said. "There are $30 billion worth of superannuation tax concessions per year. Almost half those tax breaks go ...

Australian economic fundamentals solid: Swan

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... currently stands at 3.9 %. In an ominous warning to European policy makers, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde warned that unless the right course of action was taken, the world could slip into a "1930s moment", referencing ...