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How to understand emerging markets

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... geography," Dr Power said. "It's more useful to firstly distinguish between whether a country tends to run a current account deficit or surplus, and secondly whether it is primarily a commodity or manufactured goods exporter." Power explained that by ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... purchases - led by imports of oil and gas (due to the shutdown of its nuclear reactors) - widened the country's trade deficit to A¥964 billion (US$9.4 billion) from A¥822 billion in the previous month and would detract from third quarter GDP. But Governor ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... flat on Wednesday, edging up 4.66 points to 15,454.45 after data showed a rebound in exports helped narrow Japan's trade deficit in July. But the shortfall still came in worse than expected after a marked slowdown in the world's third-largest economy. ...

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... April 2010. On 23 April of that year, I typed: "Eurostat revealed last night that it discovered that Greece's 2009 budget deficit was 13.6 per cent of GDP - higher than the government's own forecast of 12.9 per cent just two weeks ago and Eurostat's ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... market on Wednesday rose with signs of stronger manufacturing activity in China outweighing a blowout in Australia's trade deficit. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index added 79.5 points, or 1.48 per cent, to 5,455.4. The broader All Ordinaries index gained ...

High earners to pay more tax soon

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... Shorten on $380,000, the extra tax amounts to about $3800. The tax laws amendment package passed the lower house in May. The deficit levy represented the government's "double standards" and unfair budget, she told parliament.

Crime pays: Why new European GDP rules are causing a stir

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... these illicit industries could provide European politicians with the wiggle room they need to increase spending and hit deficit targets. From September all EU countries will be required to add illegal black market activity to their official measures ...

Indian optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... growth rates in 2010-2011 and from 2005 to 2008. These, despite the unemployment rate at a high 9.9% (2012), its budget deficit predicted to reach 5.2% of GDP this year by The Economist magazine - from 4.5% in FY 2013/14 - and stubbornly high inflation.A ...

OMFG! Australia could lose an A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
We're in trouble now Virginia... you, I and Irene! That credit ratings agency - Standard & Poor's has waded in into the Federal Budget and put us, Australians all, on notice. Just read S&P's sovereign analyst Craig Michael's lips: "If it looked as though ...

Low income retirees to feel budget pain

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... the pressure on super funds to develop more efficient retirement income products. Vamos also warned super funds that the deficit levy would mean the marginal tax rate would rise by 2%. This, she said, could affect people regardless of their income. "Those ...