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Digging dirt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... IMF and EU officials are satisfied with the appraisal of the country's progress towards budget cuts. Still more. The US economy is expected to show growth slowed to an annualised rate of 1.4% in the second quarter from 1.9% in the first three months ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... stock markets closed sharply higher, overcoming a bout of nerves as investors waited to hear more testimony on the US economy from the Federal Reserve chairman. Resources giants recovered from losses in previous sessions, with Rio Tinto six cents higher ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... following Wall Street's positive lead after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke gave a gloomy assessment of the US economy. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up eight points at 4,114. In economic news ...

The twain could not meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... economy is slowing, not expanding. And yes again Virginia. Uncle Ben repeated his reiteration last night that, "The US economy has continued to recover, but economic activity appears to have decelerated somewhat during the first half of this year," and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... stock markets closed sharply higher, overcoming a bout of nerves as investors waited to hear more testimony on the US economy from the Federal Reserve chairman. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies closed up 1.0 per cent at 5685.77 ...

Much ado, no do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... spending, manufacturing production, business investment, etc. - he made no mention of an impending QE. Interpretation = the US economy hasn't weakened enough to warrant one. All's good. And if it has, Uncle Ben will be there to catch it. Still all good. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... following Wall Street's positive lead after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke gave a gloomy assessment of the US economy. At 0800 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was up eight points at 4,114. In economic news ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... disappointing - most notably, the June drop in the ISM manufacturing index - one of the most reliable leading indicators of the US economy - into contraction territory and the disappointing jobs growth of only 80K in the same month and lowered company ...

Tell that to the marines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... replaced with a fresh - nay, a recycled - one. And this is that last night's round of economic releases confirm that the US economy and the world is slowing down - even threatening a double dip. The Institute for Supply Management' (ISM) index fell to ...

Good one day, no good the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... before has been revised up to show 392,000 claimed jobless benefits. This is equal the highest level reached this year. US economy is no good. Eureka! This is it! And so, there we have it, folks. As for Europe and the European summit, euro heads reportedly ...