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Developing Asia worst hit

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... on financial assets in Asian developing economies cost $9.6 trillion - or just over one year's worth of gross domestic product. ADB said Asia was hit harder than other parts of the developing world because the region's markets have expanded much more ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
The Australian stock market was firmly in the red at noon, weighed down by disappointing gross domestic product (GDP) figures, and losses among the banking and mining sectors. At 1201 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 59.6 points, or 1.85 ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... favours only the prosperous. The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our Gross Domestic Product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart - not out of charity, but ...

India fund opens to unlisted assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... India is well positioned amidst the current global financial crisis and is still expecting eight per cent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the coming year. "The credit crunch has not changed India's demographics, its young population, growing middle ...

Weak growth confirms RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... Australia's decision to lower the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 7 per cent. Australian real gross domestic product advanced by a meagre 0.3 per cent in the June quarter - the slowest quarterly growth rate in three and a half years - from 0.7 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... 5,143.3. NEW YORK - US stocks have ended the day sharply higher after a better-than-expected reading on the gross domestic product and a drop in jobless claims gave investors some reassurance that the economy is holding up. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... European and US bourses rose moderately, despite both Germany and France reporting contraction in quarterly gross domestic product (GDP). At 0745 AEST, the Sydney Futures Exchange's September share price index futures contract was up 20 points at 4,949. ...

Pereira bullish on Indian equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
Indian equities are right for the picking as price to earnings (P/E) ratios fall and the country's gross domestic product (GDP) continues to grow at more than nine per cent per annum, according to John Pereira, India Equities Fund chief executive. Pereira ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... market. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 200 points. The Commerce Department reported that gross domestic product grew 1.9 per cent in the second quarter. Economists polled by Thomson Financial/IFR had expected growth of 2.4 per cent. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... concerns about the financial health of businesses and consumers. The Commerce Department's report that gross domestic product grew at a 1.9 per cent pace in the second quarter disappointed investors. Investors were also concerned about Labor Department ...