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Beggar thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... workers and companies - and their workers - that supply goods and services to these exporters. The US could always point to China as the firestarter. There had been a number of calls for China to revalue its currency even before GFC became known to stand ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
The Australian stock market was flat at noon, with gains in resources and energy stocks offset by losses in the financial sector. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was steady at 3,480.2, while the broader All Ordinaries was up 1.9 points, or 0.06 ...

Fresh mint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... equilibrium. May I remind you of Zimbabwe. A depreciating currency increases the value of debt owed to international creditors. China must be nervously biting its fingernails by now. May I remind you too of the 'quantity theory of money'? Put simply ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... by resource stocks including Rio Tinto as political opposition intensified over the planned $19.5 billion investment by China's state-owned Chinalco. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 5.6 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 3446.3, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
The Australian share market was mildly higher at noon as financial stocks experienced gains and after a positive lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 22.7 points, or 0.68 per cent, at 3,368.1, while the broader ...

Spring springs on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... not see the Wall Street Journal warning that credit cards would be the next to be crunched. They did not see reports that China recorded is now in deflation for the first time in six years. They did not hear the IMF's warning that it now 'expects global ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... Friday to take the weekly gain to nearly 10 per cent, as another drop in stockpiles resuscitated hopes of a demand pick-up in China. Copper for May delivery in New York rose 3.55 cents to close at $1.6890 a pound.

Let them have soup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... disappointment that the much-awaited Chinese medicine was not potent enough or was just basically not there. In his speech to China's National People's Congress, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged to deliver an 8 per cent growth in his economy. And the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... Nasdaq composite index dropped 54.15 points, or four per cent, to 1,299.59. LONDON - European markets began their falls when China did not announce additional stimulus spending as expected. Dealers said there was then nervousness about whether the new ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... the futures were pointing to before the open," CMC Markets analyst David Taylor said. "There are encouraging signs that China might stimulate its economy and that's helped mining stocks, and gold stocks are down following weak gold prices." In the resources ...