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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... parties would sign up to the latest set of austerity measures in return from fresh aid from the EU and International Monetary Fund. But with parties only going into a meeting on the terms of the deal late on Wednesday afternoon, it was very likely that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
... deal with its private creditors as well as a second bailout from its partners in the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund. However, as one deadline after another is missed, some traders are preparing for the worst - a disorderly debt default ...

What hard landing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... For the record, China's economy slowed to 9.2% last year from 10.4% in 2010. And only last week, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) told us that it expects China's economy to grow by only 8.2% this year - down from its September guesstimate of 9.0%. ...

Nikkei not nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... deficit in 30 years. And the external account is unlikely to improve anytime soon, particularly if the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank's recent global growth downgrades prove accurate. Moreover, the lingering European debt crisis would ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... from the Greece's private bondholders, taking it one step closer to a chaotic default, and after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) downgraded its global growth forecast. But markets struggled off their lows following a solid auction of three- and ...

Australian economic fundamentals solid: Swan

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
Treasurer Wayne Swan has moved to reassure Australians in the wake of the International Monetary Fund's latest gloomy outlook for the world economy. In its latest World Economic Outlook update released today, the IMF downgraded global growth forecasts ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... KONG - Asian markets mostly rose, tracking gains on Wall Street amid positive US economic data and International Monetary Fund plans to boost its coffers for crisis fighting. But the Australian dollar took a hit after a mixed jobs report disappointed ...

Aus can deal with another GFC: Shorten

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... better position than our traditional comparators around the Western world." The report came as the International Monetary Fund also said it would need to strengthen its coffers by up to US $500 billion to guarantee financial aid for struggling countries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... pushed energy shares up 0.5 per cent, while news that Greece's debt talks are progressing and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) plans to boost its lending firepower for Europe buoyed risk appetite. News that closely watched investment bank Goldman ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... Europe finished mixed with Greece preparing to resume talks on a crucial debt write-off deal and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) saying it will raise new money to increase its financial firepower. Wall Street is trading higher. At 0830 AEDT on ...