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Fidelity ups risk on global recovery hopes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... upwards. These indicators are intended to give early signals of the turning points in economic activity and are used by economists, businesses and policy makers to analyse the current and short-term economic situation. "Their upward trajectory is a positive ...

Down, down interest rates are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... for November, while Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deputy governor Philip Lowe will speak at the Australian Business Economists annual conference in Sydney. In company news, TPG Telecom holds its annual general meeting. The local market closed more ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... Monday. "It certainly looks like we should have an interest rate cut and we will get it," Mr Smith said. Eleven of the 15 economists surveyed by AAP last week said they expected the central bank board to reduce the cash rate by 25 basis points to three ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... Right there on there on the quote above - "everything being equal". This is the classic 'out of jail' quote for us economists. As in, don't blame me, my predictions didn't pan out because this happened or that didn't happen. But who knows? Steen could ...

Bear market end in sight: AMP Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... long-term bull run that share investors can finally enjoy without abandon. Oliver says there are three main indicators economists look for when bear markets turn and he sees enough to be more confident about each. "The first thing about bear markets ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... Jonathan Kearns and Ray White deputy chairman Sam White speak about Australian house prices at an Australian Business Economists luncheon in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Monday closed lower, dragged down by weakness in the mining and energy sectors ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) monthly board meeting that was the focus of their attention. Some 12 of the 15 economists surveyed by AAP said they expected the central bank to cut the cash rate by 25 basis points to three per cent. A statement from ...

Wen again gets what Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... hardlandingers? What there's none. Yes, they've all changed their tune. Even the one who's considered "one of the best China economists" (I continue to refuse to name names but he knows who he is). Just a fortnight and a few days ago, he was quoted as ...

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... not -- not if it's Bloomberg's report you read: "Australian employers hired almost three times the number of workers economists forecast for September, pushing up the local currency, even as the unemployment rate jumped to a 2 1/2-year high. The number ...