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Greece is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... would not let the PIGS roll in the mud. And in the unlikely event that it does, there is still the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to provide support. Conditions are still fluid but chances are the same way that governments around the world coordinated ...

Gold's dimming lustre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... India, for instance, made the headlines last October when it bought 200 tonnes of the metal from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Likewise, China is rumoured to be putting its hands up to buy the IMF's remaining 203 tonnes. South Korea, Brazil ...

Wall Street v Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... their problems would linger. Yet despite all these, risks assets rallied. They rallied even when the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was forecasting little growth in economic output this year. Last night, the IMF made more revisions, it now expects ...

L-U-V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... USA, Japan, Euro area, and the OECD as a whole in the shape of a V. This is almost similar to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) revised forecast for world growth released last month. The extent of the economic contraction in the world was such ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... price soared to an all-time record of $US1,093.10 an ounce in trading in London overnight after the International Monetary Fund announced a huge bullion sale to India. At 1205 AEDT, the spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,089.10 per fine ounce, up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... downbeat economic data increased uncertainty for a recovery despite cautious forecasts from the IMF. The International Monetary Fund said in its major half-yearly report that the world economy is recovering from steep recession but the crisis is not ...

Sellers beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... been lobbying for some handout since the start of 2009. And while that other international body - the International Monetary Fund - was promised a tripling of its capital after the G20 Summit in London roundabout April Fool's day, the WB only received ...

Goldilocks Budget 2009

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... economy follows the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) forecast of a 1 per cent contraction or the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) projection of a 1.3 per cent fall. In the fiscal year to June 1991, Australian real GDP declined by 1.6 per cent. The ...

Finance job market to recover by 2010

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... positive, the Government's outlook on the local jobs market as a whole is far from robust. Last week the International Monetary Fund predicted Australia's job market to contract and unemployment figures to rise to 8 per cent next year. Following the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... was a strong performance from the market, amid gloomy predictions for the US economy released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). "It has been a very strong performance despite the doomsday odds acting against us overnight with the IMF report and ...