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Promises and plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... contemptuous the frugal Germans are of their profligate Greek neighbours. They must be thinking about what George W said in Washington back in January 2009, "One of the very difficult parts of the decision I made on the financial crisis was to use hardworking ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... concern over the banking sector in Europe and the United States, and the re-emergence of a bitter political row to raise Washington's debt ceiling. Markets were also rocked by news that Chinese manufacturing had contracted for the third straight month ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... assistant governor (Economic) Philip Lowe delivers a speech to the Australian Economic Forum 2011. In equities news, Washington H Soul Pattinson & Company Ltd and Brickworks Ltd are both due to post full year results. In Australia, the market on Wednesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... burden is dragging down eurozone growth as finance ministers headed for talks aimed at bridging splits over the crisis. WASHINGTON - IMF chief Christine Lagarde is pressing US and European leaders to take bolder action to rescue their economies, warning ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... Dow was down 4.4 per cent for August after a volatile month in which markets were rattled by the debt-ceiling mess in Washington, Standard & Poor's downgrade of the United States, fears of a new recession and Europe's sovereign debt crisis. "It was a ...

Fed policy options galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... about the GFC. I counted eight policy options in all in his prepared remarks before the National Economists Club in Washington entitled, "Deflation: Making Sure "It" Doesn't Happen Here". He's already deployed two - zero interest rate policy and purchases ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... to 2,357.69. S&P lowered the US long-term sovereign debt rating from AAA to AA+ after markets closed Friday, citing Washington's inability to rein in its mounting deficits. US stocks started falling as markets opened and hit new lows after President ...

Buy the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... fresh fear that is the likelihood that America would double dip. Told you it's the economy and not the debt ceiling. If Washington only had a glimpse of last night's market, politicians wouldn't be arguing over a US$2.4 trillion increase in the amount ...

Gold, gold, gold, but not to Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... is its lack of supply amidst feverish demand that is being fuelled by unstable world capital markets. The chaos in Washington this month over their US debt deal just adds to these fears, he added. "Gold input costs are going up, the grade [quality] is ...

S.O.S

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... 007's of the financial markets. The US bond market continued to gain (yields fell) all the while the game of chicken in Washington was playing - an opposite reaction anyone would expect when being spooked over debt, deficit, default and downgrade. It ...