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You say threshold, I say trigger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... jobs market and that the current volatility in emerging markets "... do not pose a substantial risk to the U.S. economic outlook." Yes, it's good, but it gets better. Don't go expecting the Fed to raise interest rates anytime soon. Forget the January ...

Victim of success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... Monetary Fund (IMF) to upgrade 2013 and 2014 growth forecasts for the nation in the October update of its World Economic Outlook Report to 1.4% in 2013 (up 0.5% from July) and 1.9% next year (up 0.4%). A victim of its own success. The bad news is that ...

Bears out a-haunting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... time to join the chorus, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued its own warning. In its bi-annual World Economic Outlook (WEO) released overnight, the IMF warned that, "Reassessment of US sovereign risk could reduce global output by several percentage ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... said labour cost pressures were a concern. "We remain cautious about the year ahead given the challenges of the economic outlook and consumer confidence," he said. The abating prospect of a US military strike on Syria was helping risk sentiment after ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... said labour cost pressures were a concern. "We remain cautious about the year ahead given the challenges of the economic outlook and consumer confidence," he said. The abating prospect of a US military strike on Syria was helping risk sentiment after ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... New York overnight. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly edged up, with a rally on Wall Street and an upbeat global economic outlook helped by receding fears of a US-led strike on Syria. The Nikkei ended 1.71 points higher at 14,425.07, while Sydney added ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... $US1.3180 late on Friday. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose as strong Chinese trade data lifted hopes for the global economic outlook while Japanese stocks were boosted by improved growth figures and Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Olympics. Weaker-than-forecast ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... after the US followed China and Europe in posting upbeat manufacturing data that raised hopes for the global economic outlook. Tokyo ended 0.54 per cent higher, adding 75.43 points to 14,053.87, following gains of more than four per cent in the previous ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... per cent, to 5,136.7. NEW YORK - US stocks tumbled after Dow components Cisco and Walmart spotlighted the weak economic outlook in their earnings reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 225.47 (1.47 per cent) to 15,112.19 at the close on Thursday. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... market has rallied on the back of positive manufacturing data from the United States, undeterred by a weaker economic outlook from the federal government. The Australian share market was 0.7 per cent higher in early afternoon trade on Friday, following ...