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Parity not quite a party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... America begging?) for the Australian dollar to go higher and break above parity with the greenback. Australia's economic outlook is rosy. Just ask the RBA. "Information on the Australian economy shows growth around trend over the past year.... the prospects ...

Commercial property sales rebound: CBRE

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... "Australia has the rare combination in the world at the moment of stability and transparency, coupled with a strong economic outlook," he said. "In addition, investors can still buy at a reasonable discount to pricing of just a few years ago. Perhaps ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... broader S&P 500 index dropped 5.50 points to 1,134.28 points. Investor sentiment was dampened after a downbeat economic outlook from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which warned on Tuesday that the recovery had slowed. The US Federal Reserve ...

Competing to devalue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... It was more or less the same assessment - and the same conclusion. "The Committee will continue to monitor the economic outlook and financial developments and is prepared to provide additional accommodation if needed to support the economic recovery ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... have the tools to help support economic activity and guard against disinflation. We do." Big Ben reviewed the economic outlook. "... the pace of recovery in output and employment has slowed somewhat in recent months, in part because of slower-than-expected ...

Glum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... into the abyss when Big Ben addresses world central bankers at Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He's going to talk on "The Economic Outlook and the Federal Reserve's Policy Response". But he could yak all he wants and still be unable to soothe market nerves especially ...

Nightmare on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... Zarowny (rightpundits.com) "... an unexpected rise in US jobless claims added to investor concerns about the global economic outlook." -- Australian Financial Review Finally, we won't be scared enough without Bloomberg delivering the final verdict: "More ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... In Australia on Thursday, shares fell for the third consecutive day on investor concern over a weaker global economic outlook. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 54.6 points, or 1.23 per cent, at 4,400.9 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Not a jobless double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... now working their workers harder (increase in average workweek) and raising their pay. Not yet anyway with the economic outlook "unusually uncertain", the GFC still fresh in their minds and the uncertainty over regulations being cooked up by the Obama ...

Which way USA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... - good and bad. Is this what Big Ben Bernanke referring to when he made that now famous "unusually uncertain" economic outlook? Initial estimates by the US Commerce Department showed that USA Inc. grew at annualised 2.4 per cent in the June quarter. ...