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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... economy in January if Congress and President Barack Obama are unable to thrash out an agreement to reduce the US budget deficit. LONDON - European stocks rose on anticipation the Federal Reserve would announce more stimulus measures, while investors ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... increases and federal spending cuts are scheduled to start January 1 unless a deal is reached to reduce the US budget deficit. The Wall Street Journal reported that budget negotiations between the White House and Republican House Speaker John Boehner ...

It's just plain dumb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... growth to just 0.5% in the third quarter. I don't think any Australian would complain if the 2012/13 budget shows a small deficit instead of a small surplus. It'll be good for the economy and good for monetary policy - the RBA wouldn't have to lower ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... government spending cuts and tax increases scheduled to start in January unless an agreement is reached to cut the budget deficit. Economists say the measures, if implemented, could push the US into recession. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets were ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... government spending cuts and tax increases scheduled to start in 2013 unless an agreement is reached to cut the budget deficit. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 59.98 points, or 0.46 per cent, to 12,965.60. The Standard and Poor's 500 lost 6.72 ...

Tailored income projections drive investor engagement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
Before fund fiduciaries push members to engage, they should first ask what the engagement is meant to achieve. In Australia to attend the ASFA national conference yesterday, Donn Hess, head of product strategy at J.P. Morgan Asset Management advised ...

Diamond in the region

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... 71.4% in 2004 to 40.5% last year. A lower interest rate burden would go a long way into containing the country's budget deficit - down from 3.7% of GDP in 2010 to 2.0% last year - which would come under upward pressure as Aquino implements his plan to ...

Sweeet!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... salvation. Greece must implement tough austerity measures - cutting public spending and raising taxes - to reduce its budget deficit; it must sell-off (privatise) assets to reduce debts; it must pursue structural reforms for its own economic good. A ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... and Drillsearch has its AGM. In Australia, the market on Tuesday closed firmer amid optimism about the US tackling its deficit problems but underperformed offshore leads out of America and Europe. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 24.3 ...

Same old blues but some upside in 2013: Russell and Threadneedle

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... sentiment. "The next phase of the crisis is likely to lead to difficulties in achieving growth targets and result in missed deficit reduction targets, high unemployment, concerns about long-term solvency and political instability, particularly across ...