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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... shares, while Shanghai and Hong Kong were lifted by better-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data. The euro fell on deflation fears in the eurozone, while the US dollar faced selling pressure following losses on Wall Street. Tokyo on Friday lost 0.88 ...

Gone fishin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013

Central banks rule

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... consumption tax from 5% to 8% come April next year. The same move in 1997 that returned the Japanese economy to recession and deflation. But fear not. This time, the Abe government plans to avoid a repeat of history by simultaneously unveiling a A¥5 ...

The (brief) shining

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2013

Super likely to fall under Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... portfolio and fall gain under Treasury. The decision is part of what Prime Minister Tony Abbott has called a "title deflation" and a move away from the Labor initiative to give superannuation and financial services its own portfolio. The exact powers ...

Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... The Japanese economy contracted in 7 of 8 quarters starting in the March quarter of 1998...and inflation again became deflation.A The result...a bigger debt bill overall. The problem with all these problems is that prices have not corrected enough to ...

Uncertainty stinks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013

Clear as crystal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... economic performance--for example, by raising the real cost of capital investment--and increases the risk of outright deflation. Consequently, we will monitor this situation closely as well, and we will act as needed to ensure that inflation moves back ...

Will Australia escape an EM bond crisis?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
The high-yield emerging market (EM) bond market may be a bubble waiting to burst, but Australian bonds can escape this fate, according Fred Goodwin, macro strategist at State Street Global Markets. Since 2008, the high yields offered by EM bonds have ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... output. But the industrial data rise was tempered by other figures showing that the export powerhouse remained mired in deflation. The benchmark Nikkei index on Thursday lost 5.15 per cent as jittery investors dumped shares on the back of a stronger ...