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Government debt is not bad: Sicilia

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... Chinese government's ability to control their economy and China's 7% annual growth target appears unachievable, then commodity dependent countries like Australia will suffer enormously. He said China is trying to shift away from cheap exports to a more ...

Lift Janet lift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... a little while still - and this, even before the Fed lifts and before factoring in weak/weakening global growth and commodity prices. However, it could also be that this whole uncertainty about the "when" of the Fed lift-off is the tail that's wagging ...

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... Central Bank executive board member and chief economist Peter Praet last night: "Developments in the world economy and in commodity markets have increased the downside risk of achieving the sustainable inflation path toward 2 percent... There should ...

AMP Capital grabs $205m Port Hedland airport

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... Cummings said. "Port Hedland International Airport is a strategically-located asset servicing one of the world's largest commodity export ports, it has stable cash flows from both the airport's aeronautical and non-aeronautical businesses," he added. ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... extraordinary growth over the last few decades. So much so that some can hardly be considered emerging markets anymore. As the commodity super cycle led by China winds down, the rise of the middle class has become the new megatrend for the giant continent. ...

It's the Fed, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... Inflows into emerging markets have turned into outflows, creating all sorts of nasties for emerging market economies, commodity prices and now the stock markets -- nasties that would come back to bite Uncle Sam's bottom. No prizes for guessing, that ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... present day. For back in December 2011, the economies of the United States, China and emerging markets were expanding, commodity prices were rising, the "Arab Spring" of the first quarter of 2011 has calmed and so did anxieties regarding the devastating ...

Super fund goes nuts for returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... production risks. Returns are based around the leasing arrangement and capital growth and that means we are not relying on commodity prices in order to deliver a return for our members." First State Super chief executive, Michael Dwyer, said he doesn't ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... in the United States and abroad might lead to further appreciation of the dollar, extending the downward pressure on commodity prices and the weakness in net exports." While many point the finger on China - its slowing growth, its manipulation of the ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... this on China's slowdown and the volatility in its stock and currency markets. We can blame it on the fall and fall in commodity prices. We can blame it on the Fed and the rolling uncertainty over the timing and trajectory of its monetary policy. We ...