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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... European stocks jumped after Germany's parliament voted overwhelmingly to boost the eurozone rescue fund and positive US growth and unemployment figures. Frankfurt's DAX rose 1.10 per cent to 5,639.58 points and Paris 1.07 per cent to 3,027.65 points. ...

Find me that silver bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... and employment..." There you see. And last night, The National Association of Business Economics (NABE) lowered their US growth forecasts to 1.7% (from 2.8%) this year and 2.3% (from 3.2%) in 2012, accounting for the natural catastrophes that hit this ...

China demand for Australian resources to fall: JP Morgan

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
Chinese demand for Australian resources was likely to fall, investment bank JP Morgan said yesterday. Jing Ulrich, chair of global markets, China, for JP Morgan, said China had to contend with imbalances in its economy in the medium to long term. Speaking ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... seen a little bit of a bounce back." Mr McCarthy expected local traders to remain cautious on continued fears about US growth, especially in the wake of downbeat US economic data. Overnight, payrolls firm ADP reported that a net 114,000 jobs were created ...

Now for the denominator

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... of time - signalling turning points in the economy 3-6 months ahead of time. The message from the latest ISM reading: US growth would remain lacklustre in the third quarter. Now we'll just have to wait for another ugly US employment number to be released ...

China-Gillard tug o' war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... on confidence caused by uncertainties that include: the Greek debt crisis and fear of contagion; weaker-than-expected US growth statistics; Japan's earthquake/tsunami/nuclear crisis; the Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand and political tensions in ...

Market Wrap -Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... financial year on Thursday, investors such as big institutions had little reason to buy in with continuing worries about US growth and the Greek debt crisis ahead of a key vote this week on austerity measures weighing on financial markets. New Zealand's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... subdued ahead of first-quarter economic growth figures in the United States and a royal wedding holiday in Britain. US growth figures showed a sharp deceleration in the first quarter to a 1.8 per cent pace as governments slashed spending. That rate was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... share market closed sharply lower, pulled back by profit-taking on mining and energy stocks, amid fresh concerns about US growth prospects and the nuclear drama in Japan. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 72.5 points, or 1.46 per cent, at 4898.7 ...

Economic woes keep US growth in check

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
Fund managers hoping for a US GDP growth rate of 3 per cent or better are likely to be disappointed if Harvard academic Martin Feldstein is correct. Dr Feldstein recently told the Australian Centre for Financial Studies that the US was unlikely to achieve ...