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Daily economic round-up

... Stevens noted some concern over the inflationary pressures that rising wages have had in a tight labour market. Exports from China have grown by 52 per cent over the last year which is there fastest for a dozen years and significantly outpaces the 13 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2007
... now having had 11 straight months of decline. While employment is slowing, wages growth has, like that in Australia and China been at record levels although this is now likely to decline. China has announced that it will set up a large investment fund ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2007
... machinery and a weak yen assisted exporters. The Nikkei firmed 73.73 points to 17,164.04. HONG KONG - Blue chips fell as China Mobile's shares dipped ahead of next week's revision of the wider stock index. The Hang Seng shed 40.29 points to 19,134.88. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2007
... since March 2. It was the biggest one-day percentage gain since last October. HONG KONG - Blue chips rose 1.36 per cent and China plays jumped more than three per cent, with financials leading the way, after a weakening yen suggested that carry trade ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2007
... as Australian companies compete for labour, materials and services to enable them to supply raw resources to the likes of China whose demand for iron ore now tallies 37 per cent of global supply compared to 11 per cent a decade ago. Poorer than expected ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2007
... Nikkei ended 79.88 points lower at 16,764.62. HONG KONG - Hong Kong blue chips fell 0.73 per cent in volatile trade, led by China Mobile and HSBC, as investors sold both issues ahead of index changes next week which will see the weightings of each stock ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
... cognisant of the need to ensure that they did not inadvertently develop an oversupply of goods in particular industries. China has confirmed that it has not achieved its environmental targets which included cutting energy costs by 4 per cent and reducing ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2007
... rapidly diminishing appetite for risk fueled the latest leg of a global equities sell-off. The sell-off began on Tuesday, when China's benchmark stock index fell almost nine per cent, its sharpest drop in a decade. That led to waves of selling on Wall ...

Margin calls up but investors not down

... added that their clients who use margin loans are in it for the long term and shouldn't be concerned about what happened in China two days ago. "We tell our clients that one in seven years will be a negative [return]. One client got three margin calls ...

China funds under pressure?

Share markets worldwide have already bounced back after their sudden declines yesterday, precipitated by China's share market fall, but the scare has prompted investors to reassess the value of China-specific funds. Up until this week China's growth ...