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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... filed a World Trade Organisation complaint over what it alleged were unfair tariffs imposed by Washington on Chinese tyre imports. Analysts said the prospect of a trade war between the US and China had made traders nervous. The market recovered from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... 1044.14. Market action came after data showed the US trade deficit increased sharply in July as trade volume rose and imports surged. The Commerce Department reported the trade gap jumped to $US32 billion ($A37.08 billion), up from a revised $US27.5 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... at 4382. In economic news locally on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases international merchandise imports data for July, and the Reserve Bank of Australia issues its monthly bulletin. In equities, earnings season continues apace. ...

Fear not a rate rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... since October last year. The trade deficit widened in June - but exports grew by 2 per cent (rising global demand) and imports increased by 2.3 per cent (rising domestic demand). Retail sales dipped by 0.1 per cent in June but not after a strong 0.8 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... higher at 3,960. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases international merchandise imports data for June. The Reserve Bank of Australia publishes its monthly bulletin. The Australian Office of Financial Management will ...

The times they are a'changin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... spun into bad. The US trade deficit narrowed to US$26 billion in May from US$28.8 billion in April as exports grew and imports fell. Under the "it was the season of Light'" view, this would be taken as a big plus for it indicates that net exports would ...

Aberdeen cools on China

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... coming out of China don't appear to add up. "Industrial output is rising, though electrical demand is falling; iron ore imports are increasing but steel production remains static; industrial output is said to be rising as exports fall; there is just ...

No protection in protectionism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... protectionism. During the Great Depression, the US Congress passed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, raising tariffs on American imports. Didn't work. Never would. Why? Because other countries retaliated with their own trade barriers. This time, Beijing has ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... Bank of Australia releases its monthly bulletin. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases international merchandise imports data for April. The Melbourne Institute will release its housing saving and investment report for the June quarter. The Australian ...

Up and over in the land downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... we buy less from overseas to keep jobs at home? Household consumption rose by 0.6 per cent in the March quarter while imports declined by 7.0 per cent. Doesn't this tell you that Australians are spending their money at home? Thank you Pacific Brands? ...