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Australia according to Gov Glenn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... recent months, but I don't think it's as dramatic really as some of the commentary might want to suggest." Sliding oil prices: "...bad news if you are a producer. But actually, historically, low oil prices have been good for the global economy." The ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... oil stocks. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said energy stocks were under real pressure as crude oil prices sank to a fresh five-year low on worries about a supply glut. "Given the drop in oil prices and the action we saw, particularly ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... Composite Index plummeted 82.44 (1.73 per cent) to 4,684.03. Beaten-down petroleum-linked stocks had another bad day as US oil prices sank to a fresh-five year low on a forecast by the OPEC cartel for lower demand for its oil in 2015. Dow members ExxonMobil ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
... is scheduled to list on the ASX. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed 1.6 per cent lower, as a sharp drop in oil prices pulled back energy stocks, and resources stocks weakened. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 90 points, or 1.68 per cent ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
A sharp slide in oil prices and a weak lead from Wall Street has dragged the local share market lower. The market was down around one per cent at noon, with mining and oil stocks the worst performers. Oil prices have slumped to fresh five year lows ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... economy contracted by more than previously estimated in the third quarter. LONDON - European stocks fell, while crude oil prices and the euro hit new depths as the US dollar benefited from last week's solid US jobs figures, while European stocks retreated ...

Global shares tipped amid slow local growth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... sluggish growth at best in 2015, as the fall in commodity prices flows on to the wider Australian economy. Plummeting oil prices and the resulting sudden fall in the domestic share market in early December led many commentators to raise the spectre of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... 1,986.62. Sydney, however, closed 0.62 per cent lower, dipping 33.5 points to 5,335.30 with energy firms hit by weak oil prices. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index edged back 0.773 points, or 0.01 per cent, to 5521.909.

ECB came bearing no pre-Xmas cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... 2014, 0.7% in 2015 and 1.3% in 2016 - this incorporates already announced stimulative measures but not yet "the fall in oil prices over the past few weeks". Last September, HICP inflation predictions were 0.6% in 2014, 1.1% in 2015 and 1.4% in 2016. ...

The recession we're wishing to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... interest rate hikes there. We're losing sleep over falling stock prices, declining terms of trade, slumping iron ore and oil prices, low business and consumer confidence, slowing China, receding Japan and deflation threat in the eurozone. Worry, worry ...