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A liquid Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... Stability Facility (EFSF) by leveraging its a,-440 billion capital to about a,-1 trillion by seeking contributions from the IMF and other investors. It'll also use its resources to guarantee 20%-30% of the bonds issued by Eurozone problem countries. ...

Worry me not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... yields hit 7.3% in an auction of a,-567 mil 2023 inflation-linked bonds. And still in Italy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) dismissed Italian newspaper, La Stampa's report that the IMF is readying a a,-600 bil bailout for Italy. Standard & Poor's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... despite a welter of what would normally be bad news. Dealers said a report that Italy was to get an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout, later flatly denied, was taken positively as offering a way out for one of the most heavily indebted eurozone ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... quarter. Concerns over the eurozone debt crisis also continued to drag on sentiment, despite the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announcing the expansion of a credit line aimed at helping some countries protect themselves from contagion. Sydney shed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... quarter. Concerns over the eurozone debt crisis also continued to drag on sentiment, despite the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announcing the expansion of a credit line aimed at helping some countries protect themselves from contagion. Sydney shed ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... that is preventing the ECB from providing liquidity to combat the crisis. Rumours have it that the idea is for the ECB to the IMF - which is legally ok based on the ECB's mandate - the IMF in turn, lends the money back to Europe. Sounds like another ...

Perspective not perplexing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... 2011 0.33 0.16 -0.33 0.12 0.30 0.00 0.10 1.17 Q3 2011 0.61 1.46 0.50 Q4 2011 2012 1.80 1.10 2.30 1.30 0.30 1.40 1.60 3.30 IMF forecast 2009 -3.50 -4.30 -6.30 -5.10 -5.20 -2.60 -4.90 1.40 year average Noticed anything? The economies of these big nations ...

Hero to Zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... Europe and the world. This was Europe's tit for Papandreou's tat of pushing through more austerity measures to meet the EU/IMF terms for the next a,-8 billion tranche of rescue money just a week prior. Mr. Papandreou was able to convince the Greek parliament ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... to 3123.55 points and in Frankfurt the DAX 30 tumbled 2.72 per cent to 5966.16 points. Milan, put in the firing line as the IMF and EU said they would monitor the country's economic reform efforts to ensure Rome honoured its commitments, lost 2.66 per ...

Uncertainty here we come (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... convinced that this accord will enable Greece to restore lasting growth.' 'In consultation with our European partners and the IMF, (we) would like a road map to be quickly agreed to ensure the implementation of this deal.'" Maybe so... but what do you ...