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Liberalise economy or prepare for war, warns economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... extended low volatility." He said the consequence of such a crisis could be multiple reserve currencies, increased use and trading of special drawing rights, a return to the gold standard, and a rise in social unrest.

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... noon the main indices were back in negative territory. "Following a bright start to proceedings, the opening hours of trading have seen the early gains made by the benchmark index diminish," CMC Markets sales trader Niall King said. Rio Tinto and Telstra ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... watch and new iPhone petered out and the Federal Reserve signalled more stringent capital requirements for banks. In share trading, Europe's biggest home-improvements chain Kingfisher shot to the top of London's FTSE after announcing the appointment ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... The local market followed suit, being further weighed down by a string of companies, including Woolworths and Brambles, trading ex-dividend. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said weak commodity prices were also hurting mining stocks. "We continue to see ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... Paris the CAC 40 slipped 0.50 per cent to 4,452.37 points. The British pound sank to a 10-month low of $1.6065 in Asian trading hours. In later European deals, it recovered slightly to $1.6094, which compared with $1.6104 on Monday. But it also lost ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
... we've seen," IG market strategist Evan Lucas said. "There's some contrarians out there looking to pick up the dips." But trading volumes were very mild, and there was little news to really drive the market, he said. Most of the banks were higher, with ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... investors sit on the sidelines ahead of important economic events overseas. Most sectors of the market were lower at noon, and trading volumes were down. Investors are waiting for a meeting of the European Central Bank on Thursday night, which some believe ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... "It's probably a reasonable day, given the weak overseas leads and that its being held back a bit by some key companies trading ex-dividend," Mr McCorquodale said. BHP Billiton had lost 59 cents to $36.31, Rio Tinto was down 56 cents at $62.47 and Fortescue ...

Carried away by the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014

No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... the current goings-on and the outlook for the Australian economy and the current goings-on and the outlook for our major trading partners and the current goings-on and outlook for everything that matters to policy-setting in between... and concluding ...