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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... European markets were also helped higher by a cautiously optimistic report on Germany's economy from the International Monetary Fund, and news that Ireland would return to the bond markets on Thursday for the first time since its bailout. London's benchmark ...

No random walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... don't have an edge on Greek elections, the Spanish banking system, what the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Chinese government, Angela Merkel, or the US Federal Reserve will do." Sounds familiar? And his is not the only hedge ...

Eurozone to craft a reforms roadmap

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... the agenda if Athens fails to impose the austerity measures required in its joint European Union and International Monetary Fund bailout deal. Moscovici was responding to questions about comments made by Greece's radical leftist leader Alexis Tsipras ...

Grexit sends investors running for bonds

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... will put them in a position to abandon previously agreed austerity measures. The European Union and International Monetary Fund have both indicated that if austerity measures are not followed, Greece's funding could be cut off, which would force a reissue ...

Scare me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... month. "This summer I think is very likely... The Europeans aren't going to give them the money, the International Monetary Fund's not going to give them an OK. They will be out of money in June." And then we'll be having the who's next guessing game... ...

Potential for surprise financial crisis high

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
The Australian economy may not be as robust as suggested in the International Monetary Fund's recent analysis, according to speakers at yesterday's Morningstar Investment Conference. The potential for a surprise financial crisis in Australia is higher ...

Dickens on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... and reports released over the past week. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) raised its global growth forecasts but warned that risks are still elevated and conditions remain fragile. US retail sales ...

Market Wrap-Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... economic data 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 ...

Missing the forest for the daily grind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... Wall Street - and most other equity markets - rallied yesterday as investors welcomed news of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) upgraded global growth outlook and Spain's good bond auction result. All is well, or will be. Buy, buy, buy and buy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... an early boost to European stocks that fed into the US mood at opening. Trade also got a boost from International Monetary Fund's release of its semi-annual global forecasts, in which it raised slightly its global growth projection to 3.5 per cent. LONDON ...