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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... spiked worryingly higher. As Italy's new leader, Mario Monti, launched a final round of talks to form a government, the country's 10-year cost of borrowing jumped back above the danger level of 7.0 per cent. Italy, Greece and Spain all paid sharply higher ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... of further debt contagion. As Italy's new leader Mario Monti launched a final round of talks to form a government, the country's 10-year cost of borrowing jumped back above the danger level of 7.0 per cent. Meanwhile in Madrid, Spain paid sharply higher ...

Russell: ECB needs to come to Italy's rescue

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
It was straight down to business for Italy's new leader Mario Monti yesterday, as the country held its first bond auction since yields pushed past 7% last week, preceeding controversial Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's resignation. Yields at the 3 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... rose sharply. A day after economist Mario Monti was picked to replace Silvio Berlusconi as Italy's prime minister, the country ended up paying higher rates in a bond sale compared to before the start of its political crisis. At the same time, Spanish ...

Economist and former EU commissioner appointed Italian PM designate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... for 10 years, as well as economics professor at the renowned Turin University for 15 years, is tasked with guiding his country through a debt crisis that has threatened to bring down the European Union. The speed of his appointment, which came at the ...

Shorten rallies the troop to vote in favour of SG hike

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... impassioned speech to ASFA delegates, the assistant treasurer said Australians had much to be optimistic about, not least the country's comparatively low national debt at 7%. However Shorten warned against "taking our future for granted", and said there ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... Greece on forming a new government, and Italian government bond yields spiked above seven per cent as doubts grew that the country could repay its debt. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 127.5 points, or 2.93 per cent, at 4,218.6 ...

Strong leadership essential to face superannuation challenges

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... when our kids are in the same position as we are now." Meanwhile, former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer praised the country's management of retirement income as "one of the great successes of modern Australia". " It's been complex, its often been ...

Autumn Angst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... high of 7.48% last night before closing at 7.06%. Like I said yesterday, Signor Silvio's resignation does not change the country's debt metrics. And it'll stay at this levels - or even deteriorate further - given that the country is practically running ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... on the benchmark Italian government bond spiked above seven per cent, evidence that investors are losing faith in the country's ability to repay its debt. Greece, Portugal and Ireland required bailouts when their bond yields rose above the same mark. ...