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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... month. The purchasing managers index (PMI) came in at 50.4, down from December's 50.6 and below the 51.0 forecast by economists. WELLINGTON - The NZX50 stood at 4,425.93, a decrease of 6.173 points, or 0.2 per cent.

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... swing factor. Here, the tea leaves are looking good. It's steady as she goes. According to a Bloomberg survey of 44 economists, most expect "Bernanke will push on with purchases of $40 billion a month of mortgage bonds and $45 billion a month of Treasuries" ...

Mixed outlook for Aussie dollar

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... to see the retail and housing sectors picking up the mining slack in the face of collapsed business confidence. Many economists have cited the strength of the Australian dollar as one of the major threats to the domestic economy over the last 12 months ...

Non-mining sectors must pick up the growth mantle

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
Australian economists agree that how the country's economy transitions from mining-driven investment to other areas of growth will be the single biggest issue of 2013. Speaking this morning at Financial Standard's annual Chief Economist Forum in Sydney ...

Good, better, best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... in the week ended 19 January - less than expectations for 335,000 claims and the least since January 2008. However, economists explain that the unusual drop this time of the year has more to do with difficulties in seasonal adjustment. While there could ...

RIAA appoints new chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... financial services and sustainability projects for more than 10 years in roles including director and senior economist for Economists at Large, senior investment analyst at Innovest (now MSCI), and most recently as leading economic advisor for the Australian ...

Global bond melt-down on cards: Harris Fraser

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... action from the loose date of 'mid-2015' to more tangible targets of 6.5% unemployment and 2.5% inflation. Ignored by economists and the financial press, Harris Fraser's head of private wealth management Marc Geary says this move has hastened the prospect ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2013
... 2008. In local economic news, Australian residential building approvals rose 2.9 per cent to 13,307 units in November. Economists' forecasts had centred on a 3.0 per cent rise in approvals for November. The mining giants were all down at noon. Rio Tinto ...

2013 Chief Economists Forum, reserve your seat now

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
Registrations are still open for 2013 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum, where leading chief economists will share their views on the economic and investment outlook for the coming year. A host of expert speakers will share their thoughts on ...

2013

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
Economists like predicting the future and so as 2012 draws to a close, what will be the big themes of 2013 for Australian institutional investors? The first one will be that Australia, as a fundamentally nervous nation, will continue to do all it can ...