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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... The euro got as low as $US1.0466, its lowest level since January 2003. Investors fear the strong US dollar will harm US exports and emerging market economies, analysts said. LONDON - European stocks in the eurozone's main markets mostly rose, ending ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... hitting a 12-year high on Wednesday. Despite the easing, equity investors are still worried a strong greenback will dent US exports, said Mace Blicksilver, director of Marblehead Asset Management. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets finished the day ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... extraordinary stimulus. Some analysts have expressed worry at the speed of the dollar's ascent and the possible drag on US exports. LONDON - German and French stock markets rebounded sharply after upbeat comments from ECB head Mario Draghi but the euro ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... according to the Financial Times, the US could be about to hit back. "A strong dollar now hitting corporate profits and US exports and an accumulating number of moves by central banks around the world to weaken their own currencies has revived an old ...

Another 'should have gone shopping' moment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... September after growing by 6.2% in the April-June period. Coming soon, business investment in manpower. Wait there's more! US exports increased at an annual rate of 4.0% in the third quarter, faster than the 3.6% pace in the second. And why the heck ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... makes up 70% of the US economy - from 0.4% to 0.7%. And, despite the global growth slowdown in the second quarter, US exports increased by 3.6%. Further, the Commerce Department jacked up business investment higher to show an annualised growth rate of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... damaged in last week's earthquake and tsunami. Japan, the world's third-largest economy, accounts for 10 per cent of US exports. "It's a situation where you sell, and you ask questions later," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at New York-based ...

Confidence will return to Ireland: Govt

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
The Irish Government's four-year financial recovery plan is designed to restore confidence and create more jobs, according to the minister for enterprise, trade and innovation, Batt O'Keeffe. The plan underpins the work of the job creation and research ...

Which way USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... what America buys from abroad to what it sells. And guess what? America bought much more from offshore than it sold. US exports contributed 1.27 per cent to second quarter growth but imports subtracted a whopping 2.1 per cent. Think of it this way, if ...

Pengana Asian Equities up 20pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... prematurely ended because of the financial crisis. Forget that. Instead Lin flew to the Pearl River Delta region, the hub for US exports, to see for herself what the supply-demand is going to be. Combine that with her analysis of the Chinese government's ...