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Time to fear?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... performances at the end of the first month of the New Year. Time to be fearful? These, despite yesterday's news that the US economy contracted at annualised rate of 0.1% in the fourth quarter. That's bad news isn't it? The US is one quarter away from ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... 2.05 points, or 0.07 per cent, to 3,140.26. LONDON - European stock markets fell as dealers fretted over the shrinking US economy and a flood of company earnings news, with Madrid hit hard by poor results from eurozone banking giant Santander. London's ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... longest winning streak for the ASX200 since 2003, she said. Wall Street closed modestly lower after data showed the US economy unexpectedly shrank in the last quarter of 2012, and the Federal Reserve maintained its loose monetary policy. The Dow Jones ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite falls on Wall Street after data showed that the US economy contracted in the fourth quarter last year. At 0630 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up seven points ...

Mixed outlook for Aussie dollar

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... Australian dollar would in fact come closer to parity over the next 12 months. Buoyed by the surprising performance of the US economy in the recent weeks and a strengthening in the greenback, he predicted a fall to US$0.96 cents.

Repressed rally

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... consumers and investors will have more certainty over the outlook for the coming months. And that outlook is positive. The US economy continues to improve and though still in recession, Europe's sovereign debt issue now appears to be a problem rather ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... after receiving a weak lead from Wall Street which faltered after comments from Dr Bernanke. Dr Bernanke said if the US economy did fall off the "fiscal cliff" because US politicians could not reach a compromise to avert a range of tax hikes and spending ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... Thursday after Wall Street closed steady despite earlier gains on new measures from the US Federal Reserve to boost the US economy. Wall Street was higher but fell in the last hour of trade as Fed chairman Ben Bernanke said the US economy is already ...

China's coming soft landing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... consumption rather than export growth will be the next economic driver. Interestingly, while consumption makes up 70% of the US economy, it makes up just 20% of the Chinese economy. The expected transition is why Ha Jiming, vice president at Goldman ...

It's just plain dumb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... has advanced by more than 14.0%. Yet it's us, Australians all, who appear to be more worried than the slow growing US economy or the recessed European one. Our equity market - as measured by the All Ordinaries index - lags 'em problem economies. Australians ...