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Careful of the recession you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... rate was 5.5% in April, its budget deficit would come around 1.0% of GDP and it grew by 3.1% in the year to the December quarter of last year (latest available). Could it be? Australia is going the way of Italy and Spain as indicated by the almost similar ...

Rate cuts prompt SMSF cash exodus

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... other homes for their money. The total fixed interest asset allocation remained unchanged at 6.6% compared to the December quarter. However, there was a reduction in exposure to longer term deposits - dropping 0.6% to 1.4% in the March quarter. "The ...

On austerity, growth and expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... consumer spending - the one that accounts for 70% of the economy - grew at a 3.2% pace (the fastest since the December quarter of 2010) from just 1.8% in the final quarter of 2012. And if you're betting on which way the US consumer is heading, you'll ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... will release merchandise imports figures for March, while the Housing Industry Association is due to release its December quarter residential land report. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute's leading index of economic activity is also due out. In companies ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will release national accounts data including gross domestic product for the December quarter. KEY FACTS * At 1027 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 34.4 points, or 0.68 per cent, at 5,109.8 points * The ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases national accounts data including gross domestic product for December quarter. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed higher after news that Australian retailers ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the balance of payments and international investment position for December quarter along with retail trade data for January and government finance statistics for the December quarter. Meanwhile, the Australian ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... 5,069. In economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its business indicators for the December quarter and the building approvals for January data. The TD Securities-Melbourne Institute inflation gauge for February is due out ...

Brazilian CB might need to stop shaving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... the third quarter. Over the same period, Russia expanded by 3.4%, India by 2.8% and China by 7.4% (7.9% in the December quarter). The Banco Central do Brazil estimates that the country grew by just 1.0% for all of last year - nearly a third of the 2.7% ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... January, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics posts private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure, December quarter data and Housing Industry Association (HIA) posts January figures for new home sales. In equities news, Perpetual, Woolworths ...