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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 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... the control of China's monetary authorities," he said. Financial stocks shed one per cent after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it would put to the test the ability of Australia's banks to withstand a further deterioration in economic conditions ...

Instos set sights on Indonesian assets

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... enough for them to really want to invest, so that was our first priority, to improve education." The International Monetary Fund currently ranks the Indonesian economy 17th in the world according to GDP, just four places behind Australia.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... rules for the indebted currency bloc and pledged to pump 200 billion euros ($A263.28 billion) into the International Monetary Fund's war chest. But Burrell Stockbroking senior advisor Jamie Elgar warned that the crisis that has dominated world markets ...

Waiting to exhale 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... published a report saying that the G-20 is mulling a US$600 billion lending program for Europe through the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Just as quickly, CNBC's Steve Liesman twittered that, "Imf official denies 600b aid rumor." And where would ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... hoped-for 1 trillion euros ($A1.33 trillion) they did give it new powers and called on help from the International Monetary Fund. Tokyo ended 0.51 per cent, or 43.21 points, lower at 8,434.61 and Seoul fell 0.49 per cent, or 9.01 points, to 1,847.51. ...

Worry me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... Italian yields hit 7.3% in an auction of a,-567 mil 2023 inflation-linked bonds. And still in Italy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) dismissed Italian newspaper, La Stampa's report that the IMF is readying a a,-600 bil bailout for Italy. Standard ...