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AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... steadied on Friday and the euro dropped against the US dollar after a week dominated by rising concerns about the economic outlook for both the United States and the eurozone. An upbeat consumer confidence report from the US helped stocks reverse some ...

Westpac calm in face of storm

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... NAB faces years carrying the can for its ailing UK business and ANZ chief executive Mike Smith bemoans a tough economic outlook and the threat of looming bad debts, Westpac appears to be in ruder health. Excluding a one-off tax gain from the group's ...

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... 385,000 expected. "...strains in global financial markets continue to pose significant downside risks to the economic outlook." Yup, you guessed it. Europe still remains unresolved and its economy continues to drown. Another fact highlighted by Markit ...

Bad everywhere news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... Earnings Asian Stocks Decline for Third Day on Earnings, Europe China's Stocks Fall Most in Almost 4 Weeks on Economic Outlook Most Japan Stocks Fall, Led by Utilities; Yen Spurs Nikon Never mind the other news that Spain's economy contracted for the ...

Searching for conviction: Premium China study tour

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... "When people come here, they leave with a lot of conviction. Obviously there are some problems [with China's economic outlook] but when people have gone home on previous trips they have left with a lot of confidence," said Jonathan Wu, associate director ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... stock market has fallen with broad-based declines as investors offload securities in response to a weak global economic outlook. At 1216 AEDT on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 18.6 points, or 0.41 per cent, at 4,486.7 points, while ...

IMF - It Means Fun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... you read or heard, the IMF's message is clear: "be afraid, be very afraid" when it released its latest World Economic Outlook where it lowered its 2012 and 2013 growth projections for the world economy. You cry "woe", I say "yay!". This is because my ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... Australian market looks set to open slightly higher despite a flat session on Wall Street dominated by a weak economic outlook from global freight company FedEx. At 0812 AEST the September share price index futures contract was up nine points at 4,398. ...

Why QE3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... LSAPs also appear to have boosted stock prices, presumably both by lowering discount rates and by improving the economic outlook." As for the economic effects, "... a study using the Board's FRB/US model of the economy found that, as of 2012, the first ...

Big Ben brings in the heavy guns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... conditions. Furthermore, strains in global financial markets continue to pose significant downside risks to the economic outlook. The Committee also anticipates that inflation over the medium term likely would run at or below its 2 percent objective. ...