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Fed lady sings (the same old song)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... this year! The year 2015! She's not taking that other lady's - IMF's Madame Lagarde - advice to hold off until after the New Year because, look, Christine's organisation has just downgraded the US growth outlook for this year to 2.5% from the 3.2% it ...

China's trade trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... 48.3% in the year to Feb. The numbers are so outrageous that they could have been distorted (by the timing of the Lunar New Year) or manipulated into the truth (as President Xi goes all out on his anti-corruption campaign) or for whatever reason but ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... a five-day winning streak. Chinese markets also rose at the open in the first day of trade after the week-long Lunar New Year holiday. But Shanghai quickly reversed course to close down 0.56 per cent despite a survey showing Chinese factory activity ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... trend as it fell 0.35 per cent, or 86.89 points, to 24,750.07. Mainland Chinese markets are still closed for the Lunar New Year holiday. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index fell 31.392 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 5722.965.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... as investors took profits from the rally sparked by a massive takeover offer for Toll, and many celebrated the Chinese New Year. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 11.5 points, or 0.19 per cent, at 5,904.2 points. The broader All Ordinaries index ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... equity markets were unfazed by the trouble in Europe as trade began to wind down in several Asian bourses before the Lunar New Year holiday at the end of the week. Tokyo fell 0.10 per cent, or 17.68 points, to 17,987.09 and Sydney lost 0.52 per cent ...

Majority wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... and read them again... and again. There weren't any significant change in the RBA's assessment between that side of the New Year and this: global growth moderate; commodity prices down; financial conditions accommodative; domestic economy below-trend ...

I'm with Bill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... time when the World Bank WEP) releases its crystal ball's read on the year ahead....and despite the myriad of 'Happy New Year' wishes wished upon us when 2014 became 2015, the WB's crystal ball says, I'm with Bill (Bill Gross) on this one - yes, him ...

Santa's bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
... doubts over Japan's recovery, concerns over deflation in the eurozone and disappointing US growth stats early in the New Year (polar vortex). Overlayed against all these is the US Federal Reserve's continued withdrawal of policy stimulation. The big ...

Season's Greetings from Financial Standard

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
December is a time for celebration. It's almost as if there is too much going on - the holidays, summer and New Year's all come at once in a heady maelstrom of activity. Rather than wind down, everything has a sense of speeding up. The same can be said ...