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Just do it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... month. The result prompted the Conference Board to warn that, "Given the combination of uneasiness about the economic outlook and future earnings, consumers are likely to continue weighing their spending decisions quite carefully." But did Wall Street ...

The sound of QE3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... the year - up from April's forecast of between 8.4 per cent and 8.7 per cent. "The Committee will monitor the economic outlook and financial developments and will act as needed to best foster maximum employment and price stability." This statement says ...

Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... in August 2010 and then opened the floodgates with the US$600 billion QE2 in November 2010 -- all because the economic outlook has gotten worse in the interim. What's going to hold the Fed back from providing more accommodation this time if the economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... losses with Milan the worst hit after the S&P move, losing more than 3.0 per cent. Banks were badly hit as the economic outlook dimmed, with Barclays in London down 1.96 per cent and emerging markets specialist lender Standard Chartered off 2.22 per ...

Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... they are prepared to embark on "another program of asset purchases" if there is "a significant change in the economic outlook, or the risks to that outlook" - such as a 20 per cent drop in stock prices perhaps. But what got me here is Danny quoting Marc ...

No minute message in FOMC minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... significantly for the worse. And get this! There'll be a "pre-announced" warning before they do the deed. But if the economic outlook changes significantly for the worse, "another program of asset purchases would be warranted." This spells QE3 to me. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... performance of manufacturing (PMI) index for April. The International Monetary Fund will release its Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and the Pacific. In companies news, explosives maker Orica Ltd will release its first half results. The soaring Australian ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... climbed 5.2 per cent. "Obviously, the terms of trade story is one of the fundamental stories for the Australian economic outlook," St George chief economist Besa Deda said. The terms of trade measures the ratio of export prices to import prices. "One ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... technical rebound helped by strong US corporate results but investors remained cautious as Japan downgraded its economic outlook. Dealers said that after substantial losses on Tuesday, on reports that the damage to Japan's economy from last month's devastating ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... commodity prices, it would only be "modest". Been there... Even the International Monetary Fund's latest World Economic Outlook released overnight had nothing fresh to add. It still believes that the global economy would grow by 4.4 per cent this year ...