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Citi sees ASX200 at 5300 in 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... balance sheets" as a theme to watch and a "critical part of the outlook for markets and the outlook for the economic recovery in 2011." Increased dividends, share buybacks and M&A activity are some of the ways companies could choose to deploy their balance ...

Confidence will return to Ireland: Govt

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... the public finances, reach our budget deficit target of 3pc of Gross Domestic Product by 2014 and stimulate economic recovery by investing in enterprise and jobs," said Minister O'Keeffe. Last month, the Irish government finally caved into its debt pressure ...

Awakening from summer slumber

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... wall, which we've run into here. Which, essentially, as far as I can see, is a typical pause that occurs in an economic recovery". Although a second-tier indicator, the surprisingly strong jump in the Philadelphia Fed's general economic index is another ...

QE2 is Gold(ilocks)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... to the US$35 billion monthly purchases of maturing mortgaged-back securities "To promote a stronger pace of economic recovery and to help ensure that inflation, over time, is at levels consistent with its mandate..." Too little? Too much? The Fed couldn't ...

Bad, bad day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... banks are fighting against. One thing's for sure, central bank money would continue to flood the system until economic recovery is assured. We've seen where money went just on expectations of mo' money - they went to risk assets.

QE2 to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
... and communicating any additional steps to provide such stimulus. Several members noted that unless the pace of economic recovery strengthened or underlying inflation moved back toward a level consistent with the Committee's mandate, they would consider ...

US insurer postpones IPO

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
... businesses, Liberty Mutual Agency Corporation, indefinitely. In a statement to the press the company said "the stalled economic recovery, volatile stock market and undervalued property and casualty insurance stock prices create an unfavorable environment ...

Wonderfully wrong September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... statement, it reiterated that, it "is prepared to provide additional accommodation if needed to support the economic recovery." That's why Wall Street is happy. And so they should be. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the US stock market ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... fresh stimulus spending at a top-level policy meeting on Tuesday but said it was prepared to act if the tepid economic recovery cooled further. At 1208 AEST in the local resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton was up 21 cents at $39.11. Potash Corp ...

Competing to devalue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... outlook and financial developments and is prepared to provide additional accommodation if needed to support the economic recovery and to return inflation, over time, to levels consistent with its mandate." 21 September 2010. "The Committee will continue ...