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Shale gas revolution could be worldwide

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... road to becoming something akin to energy independent", though he added that at the moment there was an infrastructure deficit. "We think this is truly the big deal," he said. "The biggest issue is we don't have the infrastructure to get that oil where ...

China's still going but will it go slow-er?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013

What's luck got to do with it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

US tapering to harm key EM countries

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... Indonesia, India, South Africa, Turkey and Brazil will be the worst affected countries, mainly because of their current account deficit. "As we move closer to the tapering we are concerned that countries with vulnerable currencies will suffer due to ...

Airline crash investigation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... 4,038.01. Markets were in negative territory most of the day after payrolls firm ADP reported strong jobs growth, the US trade deficit declined and October new-home sales notched a 25.4 percent rise compared with the prior month. LONDON - Europe's main ...

Waiting to catch up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013

'Funding Australia's growth' top priority for Murray Inquiry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013

Debt, deficit, now deflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013

Savings trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... because it does away with what we, in economics, call 'crowding out'. Crowding out is when government borrowing (to fund its deficit) competes with the private sector for funds and thereby, results in higher interest rates. But as Deloitte's report shows ...