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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 ...

Bring it on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... debt levels that must be repaid in the long run because of this constant tending and printing. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has, several months ago, already acknowledged and agreed with our view that without growth, it would be difficult for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... "That spooked markets a little bit, as it might signal lower commodity demand. "And then, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) said that exporters should brace for lower prices, and that they're downgrading their view on Chinese trade. So, it was those ...

Better days are getting happier

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... of the past three recessions; just as impressive, it has never issued a false alarm" and which the International Monetary Fund (IMF) declares "has had a very stellar record" and which the New York Times states that, "Over the last 15 years, has gotten ...

When optimism rains, it pours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... this will be limited by the expected below trend expansion in developed economies. This was how the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank (WB) saw the economic landscape ...

Greece still matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... year and private creditors aren't expected to take writedowns on the nation's debt, the head of the International Monetary Fund's aid mission to the country said." Or it could be reports that German industrial production grew by a better-than-expected ...