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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... for Economic Development of Australia. The Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release international merchandise imports figures for September, the National Australia Bank's business survey for the September quarter is expected and the HIA/RP Data ...

Jingling bells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... they may not have to, especially if the exports numbers - up 9.9% in the year to September - and the surge in iron ore imports - reported yesterday mark the start of a new trend. The Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch reports that the resurgence of shipments ...

Treats not threats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... Chinese exports grew by 9.9% in the year to September - much more than expectations for only a 5.5% gain. Not only that, its imports increased by 2.4%, nearly offsetting the 2.6% drop in August. Not only not only that, China's iron-ore imports - yup ...

Data deluge delivers no clearer visibility

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... in the previous month - the widest in more than four years - as the 3% drop in exports more than offset the 1% dip in imports. No prizes for guessing but could this be due to slowing export markets, a dear A$ and lower commodity prices? Fortunately ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... disappointed. Exports rose by only 2.7% in the year to August - less than already low predictions for a 3.0% increase. Imports declined by 2.7% versus the 3.5% rise expected. Industrial production also disappointed with an 8.9% gain in the year to August. ...

It's still the hole, stups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012

Sun setting on the Land of the Rising Sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... Administration of Customs said exports grew just one per cent in July year-on-year to $US176.9 billion ($A168 billion), while imports rose 4.7 per cent to $151.8 billion, cutting the trade surplus to $25.1 billion from $31.7 billion in June. The data ...

Doing our bit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... to US$25.2 billion in July from US$31.7 billion in June. Exports rose by 1.0% in the year to July from 11.3% in June. Imports rose by 4.7% in the year to July from 6.3% in June. Except for the exports figures - up by only 1.0% in the year to July -- ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... sectors." "The Chinese data will be the key to market sentiment today. The market is going to want to see their appetite for imports and this is likely to have an impact on the mining and energy sector." The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average closed ...