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Slack Eurozone labour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... (down to 53.7 from 53.8). Across the region, the lowest jobless rate was recorded in Germany (4.1%) and Malta (4.8%) while Greece (23.1%) and Spain (19.2%) had the highest.

GSAM and Deutsche Bank back new PE firm

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... partners in the launch of an independent private equity firm. Stage Capital, newly separated from the National Bank of Greece, will be backed by funds managed by the two asset managers along with "significant investment by members of the Stage Capital ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... Spain recorded the fastest growth in September, Italy moved to expansion territory while France edged closer to stability. Greece remained in contraction. China manufacturing PMI The Caixin China general manufacturing PMI rose marginally to 50.1 in September ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... Japan Times. Japan's government debt is already 230% of the nation's GDP, making it the most indebted nation in the world. Greece's government debt to GDP ratio is a relatively sanguine 180%.

Eurozone splintering is biggest risk in Brexit fallout

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... to industry commentators. Following UK voters' decision to leave the European Union on July 24, political figures from Greece, Spain, Italy and France have discussed the possibility of similar referendums. French far right Front National leader Marine ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... March while imports inched up by 0.1% over the same period. Financial markets expected a March deficit of £4.20 billion. Greece trade deficit As Greece goes back to the debt relief negotiating table, fresh data indicates that the economy continues to ...

Australian expats pension protected

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak ...

The GFC is still among us: Varoufakis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
Greece's former Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, spoke recently in Sydney and argued that economic unrest in China is a sign that "the GFC is still with us." Speaking at a Macquarie Graduate School of Management event in Sydney, Varoufakis said that ...

A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... while we slept after falls of 2.1% last Thursday and 3.2% last Friday. It's because of China, it's the Fed, it's OPEC, it's Greece, it's currency wars and beggar-thy-neighbour policies, it's overvaluation, it's the calendar - you name it, there's a laundry ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... Eurozone crisis threatens to re-start again for who knows what PM Tsipras' resignation and the subsequent snap elections in Greece brings to the just-approved bail out of Athens. But this isn't Europe's only problem, China - its second biggest trading ...