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BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... Europe, expect the unexpected to happen. France and Germany are at it again. French President Francois Hollande wants exchange rate intervention. "We can't let the euro fluctuate according to the mood of the market... We have to act at the international ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following rebounds on European and US markets overnight. At 0631 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 20 points at 4,865. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian ...

Rebalancing growth smoothly Australia's key challenge: Bloxham

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... forecasts. "A continued broadly steady A$ should also see some of the downward pressure on growth from the high exchange rate start to wear off in 2013-14." While he expects growth in China from 7.8% in 2012 to 8.6% in 2013 to help stabilise commodity ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... 7 Swiss National Bank (SNB) wins and catapults the euro-Swiss franc currency comparison to 1.50 Euro-Swiss franc exchange rate has not gone beyond 1.22 this year. 8 US dollar-yuan rate rises 10 per cent to 7... China gets to the brink of a "recession" ...

Spain here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... 0.1% of GDP. But Australia could not follow Spain's path. No siree! This is because Australian fiscal, monetary and exchange rate policies are not straitjacketed by the diktats of non-Australians. Spain has a currency that is way too high and fiscal ...

Exchange-traded gov bonds expand investment options

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Retail access to exchange-traded government bonds moved a step closer yesterday following the Senate's passing of the Commonwealth Government Securities Legislation Amendment (Retail Trading) Bill. Subject to regulatory clearance, trading is expected ...

RMB to be used in a third of china deals by 2015

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... Chinese currency is on track to becoming a major trade currency by 2015. Moves by the Chinese government to increase exchange rate flexibility and simplify transaction processing have changed the dynamics of cross-border RMB business, said HSBC. The ...

Australia leads in global median wealth

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... margin in terms of median wealth, with Japan, Italy, Belgium, and the UK in the band from US$110,000 to 140,000. Exchange rate changes have reduced Australia's average wealth (US$ 354,986) by 11%; however average wealth remains second only to Switzerland ...

Australia can't afford complacency: Murray

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... downturn in the economy, concerns on China are serious and monetary policy adjustment, usually accompanied by an exchange rate adjustment, would see this worked through. Murray said however that for those who think the emerging signs of slowdown are ...

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... to make the Eurozone a reality - and at the same time avoid the pitfalls that disintegrated its predecessor, the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) - that they're not gonna let this one go. This is because the cost of a break-up would be more than the price ...