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Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... below the 50 expansion/contraction line - and that, "September saw manufacturing production decline in the US, the European Union and Asia" (mainly, China, Japan, Vietnam and Taiwan). Just ask the Wall Street Journal. It printed that Spain would miss ...

Spanish austerity and Chinese take-away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... fiscal measures (in line with earlier recommendations made by the European Commission), Spain could now go to the European Union begging for more dinero and not be seen as acquiescing to bailout conditions. "The comprehensive reform plan... is a major ...

The pain in Spain does not fall mainly on the plain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... respects the desire of [Catalonia] to control their own purse strings is a snapshot of the wider difficulties of the [European Monetary Union]," analysts at Rabobank said in a note. "Feelings of nationalism are a huge obstacle to cross border debt sharing," ...

Two down, one to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
Two down. European Central Bank bond purchases -- Outright Monetary Transactions (OMTs) - open-ended at that: Check. German Constitutional Court's verdict on the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) bailout fund: Check. Ja! Jawohl! "'The review has concluded ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... another four to five per cent would require positive developments in terms of the euro zone announcements coming up." European Union (EU) president Herman Van Rompuy is due to meet Spain's prime minister Mariano Rajoy on Tuesday to discuss ways to lower ...

Double A USA - the scare that wasn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... signs of a psychological dissolution of Europe," he set a soft tone to the first hour of first trading day of the week to European equity markets. That was until another somebody (ok maybe a spokesman for another somebody) - German government spokesman ...

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Noi! Noi! Noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... nations that depend on raw materials exports as traders seek havens from the deficit and debt turmoil roiling the European Union, U.S. and Japan. As the Standard & Poor's GSCI Total Return index of 24 commodities fell 8.45% since April, the Canadian ...

Wen's visible hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... percent interest rates "through to late 2014" and "Operation Twist" carrots. The same goes for the ECB and the European Union and the BOE, et. al. But don't wipe that smile off your faces yet. For 'twas not the "as expected" Chinese growth figure that's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... Cameron Peacock said local investors were consolidating the gains of the last few days as details of the weekend European Union (EU) summit were worked out and they waited for the Reserve Bank of Australia's official interest rate decision on Tuesday. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... market on Monday closed higher, following gains on US and European markets in the wake of last week's summit of European Union leaders. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 38.4 points, or 0.94 per cent, to 4,133.0 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...