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Lost

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... know that it doesn't know? It changed its mind in three out of three quarters. In January 2012, the IMF lowered its world growth prediction to 3.3% in 2012 and 3.9% in 2013 - down 0.7% and 0.6% from its September forecasts because "Financial conditions ...

IMF issues buy order

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... advanced economies to slow but not stop&" It didn't stop alright& the global economy contracted. Actual result -- world growth slipped by 0.6% in the year to the fourth quarter of 2008. And the S&P 500 dropped like a dead body at the end of 2008 - down ...

China a good bet in the long run: Thawley

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... we can expect more piecemeal reforms." Thawley is also a vice president and principal executive officer of Capital World Growth and Income fund, vice chairman of American Funds Global Balanced Fund and executive vice president of New Perspective Fund ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... shares surged, led by a huge jump from Apple as several positive earnings surprises and the IMF's improved outlook for world growth inspired buyers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 194.13 points (1.50 per cent) to 13,115.54. Mr Curtin said ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... shares surged, led by a huge jump from Apple as several positive earnings surprises and the IMF's improved outlook for world growth inspired buyers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 194.13 points (1.50 per cent) to 13,115.54. The broader S&P ...

Dam Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... staff and raising interest rates), but all of these local and locally-based companies hurt whenever optimism over world growth prevails because it sends the dollar A soaring, their costs spiralling higher and/or their competitiveness shot. Now do you ...

Forecasts shmorecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... previous years so much so that even six months later, on 15 July 2008, it's still forecasting decent - if not strong - world growth. "Global growth is projected to moderate from 5% in 2007 to 4.1% in 2008 and 3.9% in 2009." Enough said. ============================== ...

Perspective not perplexing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
... most were still contracting in the second quarter of 2009. My point? The International Monetary Fund is predicting world growth to slow from 5.1% in 2010 to 4% in 2011 and 2012. What's scary about that? My calculation shows that factoring in a recession ...

Indonesia to defy world growth forecasts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
As global forecasters cut their outlook for world economic growth, one of the few nations they are upbeat about is resources powerhouse Indonesia. Deteriorating conditions forced Citibank last month to cut their global gross domestic product forecasts ...

HSBC: Australia's trade growth to expand 129% by 2025

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... Australia will perform particularly well in the next five years when trade growth will hit 7.7% annually, some four times world growth of 2% annually. This correlates to financial growth of US$347 billion today to US$702.5 billion in merchandise trade ...