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RBA worries not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
Bad now, better later. Domestic growth will take a hit short-term but " there will be a mild boost to demand from the rebuilding efforts as they get under way." Inflation will spike in the March quarter because "Production losses due to weather are ...

The other emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... accounted for about 70 per cent of Argentina's 2010 export earnings. Excess liquidity and an improving global economic outlook should drive demand for food and energy even higher going forward. But these high returns delivered by Latin American equities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... supported by a weaker yen, which has fallen on talk of an interest rate rise in the eurozone, an improving US economic outlook and growing appetite for risk. Investors remained cautious however as Japanese crews worked to avert a disaster at the Fukushima ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... massive earthquake and tsunami. Dealers said developments in Japan have raised serious questions about the global economic outlook. Any damage to the world's third largest economy is serious but the markets are uncertain about how long lasting will it ...

Yesterday today tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... commentators' -- interpretation of yesterday's market action. Never mind the more than positive indication on the economic outlook signalled by the Institute of Supply manufacturing index also released yesterday. No sir, Bloomberg didn't want to spill ...

Bad news bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... Its managing director, John Lipsky thinks that, "It's unlikely it would make a substantial change in the global economic outlook". And so does BoA Merrill Lynch. "The world recovery would be jeopardized if oil climbed to average $115 a barrel this year ...

Trouble not terribly troubling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... shock to the system of the withdrawal would give way to the realisation that all is now well as regards the US economic outlook. And if the market could not handle the withdrawal and starts to weaken, chances are our friend Big Ben would be there to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... previous month. LONDON - European stock markets closed higher on Monday on the back of growing optimism about the economic outlook and solid corporate results but the euro slipped on weaker-than-expected German data. Markets were following events in ...

A QEasy road ahead for investors

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... Sherwood said that QE could have "profound negative effects on Asia if economic policy is mismanaged." "Australia's economic outlook is considerably brighter than the US, but the investment skies currently remain clouded with uncertainty... the safer ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... Australian share market closed weaker, dragged lower by banks and miners, as investors remain cautious about the US economic outlook. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index finished down 37.1 points, or 0.79 per cent, at 4,651.9 points, while the broader All ...