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YBR launches term deposits

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... the playing field to a new level of competition," said Mark Bouris, chairman, Yellow Brick Road. Speaking at the Chief Economist Forum last week, Dr Don Stammer said that on-call and term deposit rates were currently 'very attractive to depositors'. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving generally positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with all key Wall Street indices higher, although gold was flat and oil was lower. Copper hit a record high. On the ASX 24 at 0710 AEDT, the March share price ...

Aus equities forecast to return 20pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... S&P/ASX200 index, currently sitting at around 4,800 points, could reach 6,000 this year, company director and well-regarded economist Don Stammer told the audience of last week's Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum. The 20-per cent plus upside ...

Whatever the question, the answer is China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
This week's Financial Standard chief economist breakfast forum heard that no matter what the economic question, the answer always seems to be China and how we seize it's opportunities, contain its inflation threats and redirect its capital flows. The ...

Chimerica threat looms over returns

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... commodities would slow down and stabilise, that scenario is unlikely. But in stark contrast to the fund's views, chief economist Clifford Bennett from Herston Economics, told an economist briefing in Sydney this week that detractors of China's growth ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... rose to 61.7 from 58.9 But wait! Am I reading some dissent? From "The Globe and Mail" website: "David Rosenberg, chief economist at Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc., points out that the ISM survey is made up of the largest manufacturing companies in the ...

Indonesia looking to deepen its capital markets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... emerging as a major threat throughout Asia, will make the Indonesian economy much "noisier" this year, Deutsche Bank chief economist for Indonesia, Taimur Baig told the Jakarta Post. Inflation throughout Asia is heading towards 6 per cent, twice Australia's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
The Australian dollar was slightly lower on Monday as finance markets moved away from risk assets in anti-government protests escalate in Egypt. At 0700 AEDT on Monday, the local unit was trading at 98.92 US cents, down from 99.01 cents on Friday. Since ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... Thursday. Since 0700 AEDT on Friday, the Australian dollar traded between 98.92 US cents and 99.29 cents. ICAP senior economist Adam Carr said the federal government's flood levy would only have a small economic impact and the Australian dollar was more ...

Levy disaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011