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Grand currency sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
... voted 348 to 79 passing legislation that would allow American businesses to asked for punitive tariffs imposed on Chinese imports deemed underprice because of the undervalued yuan. Tell me, which Chinese import is not underpriced in America's eyes? With ...

Market Wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... for the September quarterly. The Australian Bureau of Statistics is scheduled to release its international merchandise imports for August. Also, the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) to issue $600 million of Treasury Notes maturing on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases average weekly earnings data for May, and on International merchandise imports for July The Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) conducts a tender for $1 billion of Treasury Notes maturing on ...

The Fed did it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... investors would be looking at the details of the US external account and find that Americans are buying more imported goods. Imports increased by 3 per cent in the month. Consumers are consuming. The Fed's action undid the optimism that had slowly been ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... up. He said the other factors driving the market down were reports of weakening business confidence and a slowdown in imports into China, Australia's main export target. Mr Smith said uncertainty created by the election may be the reason for the market's ...

Good newer news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2010
... the seventh straight reading "above" the 50 expansion/contraction mark. The details of the report shows that except for imports, all components were in expansion territory. This is good because it signals that net exports (exports minus imports) would ...

Which way USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... America bought much more from offshore than it sold. US exports contributed 1.27 per cent to second quarter growth but imports subtracted a whopping 2.1 per cent. Think of it this way, if America didn't buy anything from other countries, the economy ...

Wall Street takes a dive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... first half of the year." And while we're at it, we should also ignore him when he said that, "Both U.S. exports and U.S. imports have been expanding, reflecting growth in the global economy and the recovery of world trade. Stronger exports have in turn ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... points lower at 4,327. In economics news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases international merchandise imports data for June. In equities news, the public examination into the collapse of MFS/Octaviar resumes in Sydney, while investment ...