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Promises and plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... down the loo. Long on blahs, still short on (concrete) action. That's what we got from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) weekend meeting. In its 24 September press release, the IMF told us that, "Today we agreed to act decisively to tackle the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... accord on boosting its bailout fund for debt-plagued member nations. Greece faces a tough week as European Union (EU) and IMF experts resume an audit of progress on cutting the public deficit and reforming the economy. The EU and IMF will decide on the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... data included Italy's ratings downgrade - the sixth European nation to do so this year - and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revising downwards its global growth forecast to four per cent. However, the IMF said Australia should expand by about ...

Bulls see red

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... has increased and this is sapping every bit of confidence left among governments, businesses, investors and households. The IMF and the Fed and the World Bank's warnings confirmed these. So did last night's stats that showed China's preliminary manufacturing ...

Twisting the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... anybody think the Fed would have twisted if it viewed the economy differently? Duh! With this latest stimulus - along with the IMF's gloomy global outlook (one of my contrarian indicators - don't be surprised that I'm starting to regain my faith. Consider ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... per cent and Lisbon added 0.38 per cent. Banks faced fresh selling pressure, one day after the International Monetary Fund (IMF)and the European Commission (EC) warned about the health of lenders exposed to Greece's debt mountain and indicated that their ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... Dow Jones index just 7.65 points higher for the session, probably led the way for slight losses on the local market. "The IMF growth downgrade has also been a pall over the market," he said. The International Monetary Fund lowered its growth forecasts ...

Global forecast downgraded, Australia strong

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
The IMF's September World Economic Outlook has downgraded its global growth forecasts but has predicted that the Australian economy will grow by 3.3% in 2012, with its forecast for global advanced economies at only 1.9%. The IMF's September World Economic ...

IMF says prepare to buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... seemed to have been trigger-happy these past few months - wave upon wave of downgrades but the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) recent admission that it has capitulated to the forces of negativism and has now slashed its global growth projections. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... by ratings agency Standard & Poor's and as Greece, struggling to avert a default, awaited more talks with auditors from the IMF, European Union and European Central Bank. At close on Tuesday, London's FTSE-100 index of leading shares rose 1.98 per cent ...