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Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... account their very strong growth." Consequently, they should not wait for us. They must take charge of their own economic situation," even if this leads to tensions on capital flows. To which, another French, France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde ...

Clash of the titans on housing bubble

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... of prices. "Does anyone think bubbles occur without a cause? They always need two catalysts: a near perfect economic situation and accommodating monetary system. The problem is we live in a mean reverting world where this all changes" he explained. "The ...

Dollar rise to boost planner wages

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... of up to 10 to 15 per cent to secure highly skilled individuals". "A rising sense of confidence around the economic situation has meant people feel freer to move between jobs, while employers have also become more active in making opportunities available ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... Burrell Stockbroking associate Peter Wright said investors were getting into the market as it becomes clearer the economic situation will not turn out to be as bad as first thought. "All the data that we are getting and what has been priced in are two ...

We're feeling better, said Aussie investors

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2009
... blues and feeling better about the rest of 2009. Around 46 per cent of Australian investors believe that the economic situation has improved, a massive increase from the previous 6 per cent in the first quarter. Their views on returns on investments ...

Lost decade redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... monetary and fiscal authorities may have recently lifted their economic outlook for the economy, but Japan's economic situation remains dire. Japanese exports remain depressed - hampered by weak growth in global activity and a rising yen. Neither could ...

CFS GAM releases second PRI report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... Neil Cochrane, deputy chief executive and global head of business development at CFS GAM, said the current economic situation has not affected the firm's resolve to implement the UN PRI into the firm's investment process. "They're always going to be ...

What-if scenarios bring Budget blues

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... [Budget] will be implemented or changed for the purposes of the short to medium term, to deal with the current economic situation but one that doesn't jeopardise or pre-empt the Henry Review," he added. Meanwhile, John O'Shaughnessy, deputy chief executive ...

Stanford slashes costs to save endowment

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... to be accomplished in one year and that a salary freeze was needed to achieve that goal. "As you know, the economic situation has deteriorated since November, [when the university's annual budget process began] and continues to look quite bleak," Etchemendy ...

GFC in a fortnight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... Robin Hood plan, economic data released over the past fortnight provided further confirmation of the worsening economic situation. The second estimate of US real GDP showed the economy shrinking by 1.6 per cent in the fourth quarter (originally reported ...