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Economic round-up: Chinese whispers and inflation rumbles

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
Comments by former US Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, over China's "unsustainable" market weighed heavily on the Australian dollar yesterday, while the OECD flagged a threat to our inflation. On Wednesday Dr Greenspan, speaking by satellite ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2007
The Australian market is expected to open lower, with drops in base metal prices and a flat lead from Wall Street dampening sentiment. At 0742 AEST, the June share price index was down 10 points, at 6368. In company news, Dyno Nobel holds its AGM, as ...

Manage your retirement: Greenspan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
Former US Federal Reserve Chairman Dr Alan Greenspan said US Government social security and Medicare liabilities would be hard to meet and baby boomers worldwide needed to be more active in their retirement preparations. Dr Greenspan was the keynote ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
The Australian market is expected to post sharp losses when it opens after Wall Street shed four-fifths of one per cent of its value overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0656 AEST, the June share price index contract was down 21 points to 5,957. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
The Australian share market has followed Wall Street to begin recovering from yesterday's horror as investors sift through the wreckage in search of bargains. At 1015 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 12.1 points to 5844.6, while the all ordinaries ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open up again on the recovery on Wall Street overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0825 AEDT, the March share price index contract was UP 23 points at 5825. In the corporate world, the frenzy of the ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2007
The Australian share market has soared to new highs, buoyed by a record-breaking US market overnight. At 1015 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had risen 29.1 points to 5989.6, after breaking the intraday record in early trading to reach 5991.2. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after a strong lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0718 AEDT, the March share price index contract was up 26 points at 5946. In economic news today, ABS December quarter house ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2006
The Australian stock market was trading higher at noon, buoyed by resource stocks in recovery after a slow start this morning. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained 31.9 points to 5416.2, while the all ordinaries added 31 points to ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger today as US markets ended higher and as rising energy prices promise to buoy shares of major mining companies. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0816 AEDT, the December share price index contract ...