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Treats not threats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... before the Fed's QE3, the ECB's OMTs, the BOJ's APPs and recent interest rate reductions in Australia, Brazil and South Korea have fully work their way down through the real economy.

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... trade. These are the very same reasons behind yesterday's interest rate reductions by the central banks of Brazil and South Korea. The Banco Central do Brazil cut the Selic rate by 25bps to 7.5% -- the lowest since December 1997 - and promised to keep ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... situation. A recessionary Europe, a limping US economy, a slowing China and a deteriorating Japan are taking their toll on South Korea. South Korea's government yesterday unveiled a new round of fiscal stimulus measures worth around 5.9 trillion won ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... 0.1% of GDP budget surplus this year - yes, a surplus (eat your heart out Swannie). The same thing's happening in South Korea - its 5-year government bond yield has fallen to a record low of 2.81%. Reports were that slowing inflation would allow the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... and Samsung infringed on each other's patents on mobile devices and imposed a partial ban on their product sales in South Korea. Hong Kong fell 1.25 per cent, or 252.21 points, to 19,880.03 while Shanghai slipped 0.99 per cent, or 20.97 points, to 2,092.10. ...

BRICs plus four will drive world investment returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... These growth markets include the BRIC economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China but supplemented by four others - South Korea, Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey. Katie Koch, senior strategist Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) who is also chief-of-staff ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... 2010, recovered slightly to $US1.2205. HONG KONG - Asian markets plunged on growing fears of a regional slowdown after South Korea unexpectedly cut interest rates and Japan's central bank failed to make major policy changes to boost growth. Tokyo fell ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... 0.9 per cent to close at 8876.59 after the country posted better-than-expected growth figures for the first quarter. South Korea's Kospi added 0.3 per cent to 1845.24. Benchmarks in Taiwan, New Zealand and the Philippines also rose. Mainland Chinese ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... consumer spending and first-quarter GDP. Stock markets in China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand were closed on Tuesday for a public holiday. CANBERRA - One of the country's leading economists says ...

China FUM rise challenges Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... report. Japan was ranked number one with 27% of the market followed by Australia with 26%, mainland China with 14%, South Korea with 10% and Taiwan with 5%. The remaining seven nations made up just 18% between them. But while Japan's market is steady ...