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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... equities news, Fortescue Metals Group is expected to release its second quarter production report, OZ Minerals its December quarter report and PanAust its fourth quarter report. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed higher after BHP Billiton's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release the consumer prices index (CPI) figures for the December quarter. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute's Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is expected as is the Commonwealth Bank business ...

Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... again. Chinese GDP will be released later today and is expected to show annual growth accelerating to 7.8% in the December quarter from 7.4% in the previous one. And oh, we still have to hear from Europe. Apart from murmurs of a currency war (more on ...

Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... mark. The terms of trade was tracked at 156.2 in the June quarter. And yes, we've heard this before. When the December quarter 2011 GDP figures were released last March - up 0.4% against expectations of 0.8% -- someone (I again refuse to name names) ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... There's China. Its economy had already been slowing for five consecutive quarters from 9.8% (year-on-year) in the December quarter of 2010 to 8.1% in the first quarter of this year. GDP figures due out today are expected to continue this trend with consensus ...

ASFA: Retirement costs remain steady

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... aggregate costs for a couple living comfortably in retirement were down by 0.3% in the March quarter 2012 from the December quarter 2011. According to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), the difference largely reflects the fall ...

You beauty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... 0.07% each in the first quarter and second quarter of this year to achieve this. The economy grew by 0.4% in the December quarter and 0.8% in September. Similarly, the 2011/12 Budget Papers budgeted for stronger than actual growth in the world. By getting ...

Yes, no, I don't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... we go back to iffy. US-non-farm productivity fell to a 0.5% annual rate in the first quarter from 1.2% in the December quarter. It's iffy, because the drop in productivity could be interpreted as one for the horned variety or for the furry one. The positive ...

BTIM results impacted by acquisition

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... pipeline of opportunities" with around $500 million of funds under management committed but not yet funded. "In the December quarter heightened concern around the future of euro saw a number of institutional investors put their investment programs on ...

Instant replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... track considering the parlous state of its economy. The country's unemployment rate jumped from 22.9% in the December quarter from 24.4% in the first quarter - that's depression level unemployment don't you think? And we know whenever crisis arises ...