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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... about 0.4 per cent, less than offshore declines during overnight trading. Sentiment soured on news the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had downgraded its forecasts for global economic growth. Gold was the worst-performing sector, falling 1.48 per cent ...

IMF - It Means Fun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... not even if you close your eyes, cover your ears and your noses. Chicken Little, of course, is the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and it's again all over cyberspace, the airwaves and in print. "The sky is falling" is its warning of an "alarmingly ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... Australian market looks set to open lower, following falls on the US and European bourses after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its forecasts for global economic growth. At 0814 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract ...

Time to buy the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... recession and debt crisis in Europe and slow growth in America. You want more? Yes, there's one more. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) now thinks that the world economy will grow 3.3% this year and 3.6% in 2013 - down from its July forecasts of ...

Market wrap - afternoon

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... with 10,800 contracts traded. The Australian market's weaker trading position has continued after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that delays in implementing Greece's bailout program would worsen the nation's financial shortfall. IMF managing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... he said. "I think it's fair to say that Greece isn't meeting the terms of its bailout and the IMF (International Monetary Fund) has basically said if that's the case then they will not provide anymore aid." At 1010 AEST on the Australian share market ...

Offshore tax havens bank $32tr: report

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... $12 trillion in funny money that's evading tax," he said. The report used data from the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, the United Nations and the world's central banks. Reuters reports the author says private wealth held offshore represents ...

Lost

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... powers that be could send prices up, up and away. "I'm in a place where I don't know where I am!" The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was top of the charts again last night, it's lowered growth forecasts headlined as the underlying rational behind ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... March quarter of 2012 - two years ago it was growing at a 7%-9% clip. And to round it all up, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) head honcha, Christine Lagarde, stated last week that the IMF will be slashing its 2012 global growth prediction. My ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... growth failed to 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 ...