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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... percent. That's below the rate Germany pays for the similar bills. "This is an amazing success," Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics, wrote in a note to clients. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 69 points, or 0.6 percent to ...

Wagging the dog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... yesterday... no matter what the headlines say. ===================================== Meet Ben Ong, Financial Standard's Chief Economist and daily column writer at the 2012 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum. Tickets are selling fast, register ...

Dream on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... and does not change our view that risks to the cohesion of the euro area continue to rise." Standard & Poor's Chief Economist Jean-Michel Six: "Let's not raise expectations too high, there will be more summits... (hey, I said this yesterday) Time is ...

Plan 5 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... markets around the world bottomed. ======================================= Meet Ben Ong, Financial Standard's Chief Economist and daily column writer at the 2012 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum. Tickets are selling fast, register here. (Hyperlink ...

UBS: Stocks gaining momentum

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
Consumer and domestic stocks may be making a comeback as cyclical indicators improve, according to UBS's chief economist. Scott Haslem, chief economist for UBS Investment Bank in Australia discussed the cyclical developments of the local economy in ...

Sovereigns need not apply

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... denied or kicked further down the road. ======================================= Meet Ben Ong, Financial Standard's Chief Economist and daily column writer at the 2012 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum. Tickets are selling fast, register here. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Australian shares slipped after disappointing employment data added to an already negative trend as doubts linger over the outcome of a crucial eurozone debt crisis summit. Australia's unemployment rate rose to 5.3 per cent in November as the number ...

Waiting to exhale 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... stockings or "bah humbug"? =============================================== Meet Ben Ong, Financial Standard's Chief Economist and daily column writer at the 2012 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum. Tickets are selling fast, register here. (Hyperlink ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... quarter for an annual rate of 2.1 per cent, according to an AAP survey of 16 economists conducted on Friday. Commsec chief economist Craig James said the figures showed the Australia's record economic expansion was continuing. "What its confirming is ...

PIGS!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... to reverse the rot they're in. =========================================== Meet Ben Ong, Financial Standard's Chief Economist and daily column writer at the 2012 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum. Tickets are selling fast, register here.