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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... Empire State Manufacturing business condition index for November, which dropped to a negative 2.21 from a positive 1.52 in October, the first time in negative territory since May. LONDON - European stock markets drifted higher in subdued trading before ...

QE according to Yellen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... the ground lost in the crisis and the recession. Unemployment is down from a peak of 10 percent, but at 7.3 percent in October, it is still too high, reflecting a labor market and economy performing far short of their potential. At the same time, inflation ...

Move the goalpost Mark

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... low interest rates as long as inflation remains tame. So what's inflation currently doing? Inflation eased to 2.2% in October - the lowest in 13 months - and is predicted to fall below the BOE's target of 2.0% next year. Then again with the going, going ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... points at 5,394. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases September wage price index and October new motor vehicle sales data. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is due out. In equities news ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... of Statistics releases September's lending finance figures. The National Australia Bank's monthly business survey for October is expected. In equities news, News Corporation is expected to announce its first quarter earnings, Incitec Pivot reveals its ...

Survivor: the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... ratings upgrade to investment grade earlier this year by Fitch Ratings (27 March), Standard & Poor's (3 May) and Moody's (3 October)....Not the weather though. Like the devastation it wrought on Filipino lives, property and infrastructure, super Typhoon ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... market was following Wall Street higher on Monday in the wake of figures which showed US employers added 204,000 jobs in October. "Around 80,000 more jobs were created than expected, which was particularly surprising given the US government shutdown," ...

Electronic reports signify Stronger Super milestone

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... technology solutions provider, worked collaboratively with superannuation administrators AAS and Link Super to meet the 28 October due date for APRA reporting, in what is believed to be the first successful electronic lodgment of fund reporting as part ...

Good, bad: all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... anticipation of greater demand this quarter. That may be so given the following day's good news on US non-farm payrolls for October. US employment increased by 204,000 last month - much, much more than expectations for a 120,000 addition. It's not good ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... index futures contract was up 55 points at 5,464. The US Labor Department reported the US economy added 204,000 jobs in October, double what analysts forecast, and revisions to the previous two months added another 60,000 jobs. Locally, in economic news ...