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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... was reported. An unexpected decline in consumer spending in April was offset by news that a measure of US consumer confidence jumped to the highest level in almost six years in May. LONDON - European stock markets fell and the euro dropped against the ...

Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... they want to see and hear what they want to hear. The Street welcomed a strengthening economy in the superb consumer confidence and housing price data the day before. Today, they've returned to worrying about the prospect of QE unwinding. I said it once ...

Abenomics strengthens investment ties with Japan

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... AM's Tokyo office, head of global strategy John Vail stressed the importance of a weakening yen on Japanese consumer confidence. "People are suddenly incentivised to spend more. Tourism is booming in Japan and the occupancy rate is the highest it's been ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... Nasdaq jumped by 0.9% overnight. The financial headlines put this all down to the better than expected leap in consumer confidence to 76.2 in May to its highest level in more than five years and the bound in the S&P/Case-Shiller house price index by ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... relatively flat start despite Wall Street's rise to a new record high. Strong gains in US home prices and consumer confidence pushed the the Dow Jones Industrial Average to 15,409.39, its highest ever level. But the local June share price index futures ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on Wall Street amid solid reports on housing and consumer confidence. At 0745 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up four points at 5172. In economic news on Wednesday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... The Australian market looks set to open higher after gains on Wall Street amid solid reports on housing and consumer confidence. At 0745 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up four points at 5172. In economic news on Wednesday ...

ASFA warns govt against Super raid

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... there were any further changes announced to super in the Budget as it would reinvigorate the panic and knock consumer confidence in the system." Prime Minister Julia Gillard told the Per Capita forum in Canberra that the latest estimates pointed to a ...

Interest rate to fall to 2.5%: NAB

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... that the nation's unemployment rate rose to 5.6% in March, the highest jobless rate since September 2009. Consumer confidence, Oster continued, has also shown little sign of improvement, despite official figures showing a spike in retail sales in February. ...

I was there!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... paragraph of bother was the sharp and bigger-than-expected drop in US consumer sentiment. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index decreased to 59.7 in March against 68 in February and expectations for a dip to 67.5. Good story if Wall Street ...