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AMP Capital issues deflation warning

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... wake of the GFC as major contributors to deflation. "The danger is that the plunge in inflation driven by the fall in oil prices will drive inflationary expectations down at a time when inflation is already weak leading to a greater risk of entrenched ...

Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... lending rate by 25 bps to 0.75%. Yes, you guessed right, 'twas because of the risk of low inflation because of low oil prices, as printed in the BOC's statement: "The oil price shock increases both downside risks to the inflation profile and financial ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... had lifted production nine per cent in the first half and had cut back on US shale oil drilling in response to lower oil prices. That followed Rio Tinto's announcement on Tuesday that its iron ore production had topped 300 million tonnes a year for the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... tech-rich Nasdaq Composite gained 20.46 (0.44 per cent) at 4,654.85. Stocks were pressed down earlier by the fall in oil prices after the International Monetary Fund sharply cut its global growth estimates by 0.3 percentage point, to 3.5 per cent this ...

That other surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... for much of last year, forcing it to keep the repo rate at a two-year high of 8.0% all throughout 2014. The drop in oil prices has taken away the hard place. Crude oil accounts for around 34% of India's total import bill and with the price of its crude ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open slightly lower, following falls in metals and oil prices overnight. At 0650 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was down five points at 5,260. Copper and oil futures closed lower, weighed ...

So sure it's certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... US$1.3993; 9% from its one-year high against the British pound and 9% against even the depreciated Japanese yen. Plummeting oil prices are increasing downward momentum on Eurozone deflation - minus 0.2% in December - pressured by stagnant growth (0.8 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains in oil prices and US and European sharemarkets. The March share price index futures contract was up 76 points at 5,307. On Friday, Wall Street stocks gained one per cent as oil prices rebounded ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... to $54.37 and Fortescue Metals slid six cents to $2.28. But energy stocks did better thanks to the overnight rise in oil prices. Santos gained 24 cents to $7.60 in early trade, while Oil Search lifted 16 cents to $7.35. Woodside Petroleum was up 9.5 ...

Nearly there?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... boost the level of GDP by between 0.3% and 0.7% this year. Similarly, World Bank research found that a 10% drop in oil prices would increase oil importing countries' GDP by 0.1 to 0.5 percentage points. Not only this, the World Bank also notes that lower ...