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Taper? What taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013

Everybody loves a dove

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013

One-third of US federal workers could retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... retire last year, almost three times the number that retired in in 2009 when the GFC was in full swing, reported The Washington Post. The retirement rush coincides with more signs the US economy is emerging out of its slowdown although there are fears ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... a possible military strike on Syria. Adding to the tensions in the Middle East are concerns about a looming row in Washington over the US debt ceiling, which could leave the country in political deadlock. Tokyo on Wednesday tumbled 1.51 per cent, or ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... warned Syria it would face action over the "moral obscenity" of a chemical weapons attack, as expectations grow that Washington and its allies are preparing to launch a punitive missile strike. Tokyo on Tuesday ended down 0.69 per cent and Seoul closed ...

Nothing below seven percent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... growth to fall below 7.0%. This is no news for us gentle readers. I've been barking about this ever since Li went to Washington and said so. But who cares what I say, I'm only half Chinese anyways - making the probability of moi being correct 50/50. ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... 30.75 points, to 1,992.65. Global equities rose this week after Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke told lawmakers in Washington that the bank's $US85 billion-a-month bond-buying scheme would be kept in place as long as the economy needed it. WELLINGTON ...

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LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... out of the US appears to have been the catalyst for this push higher, with markets keeping a close ear on events in Washington and the second day of Bernanke's testimony," said Michael Hewson, Senior Market Analyst at CMC Markets UK. At close, London's ...

Australian economy "professionally managed": World Bank

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... Series, an annual finance forum in Sydney from The Economist's intelligence unit via link-up from the World Bank's Washington DC headquarters, Basu said Australia's relative strength compared to other industrialised economies had stood it in good stead. ...

IFM beefs up Debt Investment team

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... assistant vice president for Restructuring Business Support with Barclays, and holds a Bachelor of Arts from George Washington University. She joins investment director David Cooper and associate Hiran Wanigasekera to build IFM's infrastructure debt ...