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Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... party! Hip, hip... But a party would not be complete without the obligatory spoilsports. Cue in the International Monetary Fund. In a Bloomberg interview, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn warned that, "We're not safe yet." Because "The recovery ...

New-found optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... dinners. Talking heads, printed and cyber-media point attribute last night's gains on Wall Street to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) lifting of its global growth forecast and the better-than-expected US initial unemployment claims. Been there ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... as sentiment lifted on a drop in the number of Americans registering for jobless benefits, and the International Monetary Fund's upward revision of global growth forecast. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 120.71 points, or 1.20 per cent, to settle ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... target of around 10 per cent growth this year. It will have it -- give or take a few points. Even the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) think so -- ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... justified... in light of the European aid" plan, announced in early May. The European Union and the International Monetary Fund have agreed to provide Greece with 110 billion euros ($A154.97 billion) in loans at below market rates, which means that the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... driven by rising oil prices and optimism over global economic prospects. Spanish press reports said the International Monetary Fund was working with the European Union and Washington on a rescue plan for Spain, plagued by big public deficits and credit ...

PIMCO favours Latin American and Asian bonds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... banks start to withdraw emergency measures. "While the support declared by European leaders and the International Monetary Fund quelled concerns of sovereign risk spreading, Greece's ability to refinance near-term debt remains a risk," he said.

Pain in Spain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... means slower progress on reducing the fiscal deficit. The good news is that the European Union and the International Monetary Fund has money on the ready while Spain and other high fiscal spending countries battle their withdrawal symptoms. Another good ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... powerful rallies on Monday triggered by a eurozone rescue plan unveiled by the European Union and International Monetary Fund's to ward off debt crises. After opening with modest losses, the Dow Jones Industrial Average seesawed before ending down 36.88 ...

Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... speculators felt when they were forced to cover their short positions after the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the US Federal Reserve threw the proverbial kitchen sink at them. The kitchen sink. The EU announced a a,-750 ...