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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... Investors are waiting for a meeting of the European Central Bank on Thursday night, which some believe could result in new stimulus measures for the eurozone economy. In the US, unemployment numbers are to be released on Friday night. "The hesitation ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... prices amid a range of headwinds. Worries about Europe's poorly performing economies and whether or not central bank stimulus will be announced next week is weighing on traders, along with falling commodity prices. Asian markets were falling as people ...

Hold fire: Emerging market debt set for correction

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
Investors considering allocating to emerging market debt should hold fire for the time being because the end of stimulus measures in the US will bring a more attractive risk-reward trade-off. That is the view of HSBC Global Asset Management head of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... record high. In Europe, markets firmed as they position for the next European Central Bank (ECB) announcement on economic stimulus. IG Markets strategist Stan Shamu said strong US economic data and potential stimulus in the Euro zone and Japan has put ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... Some economists think the true share could be ten percentage points higher. This year even with the government's "mini-stimulus"-a burst of spending on railways and public housing unveiled in April-consumption has still accounted for over half of Chinese ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... contracted by 0.2 per cent in the June quarter prompting speculation the European Central Bank would have to roll out stimulus measures. No major local economic news is expected on Friday. In equities news, ANZ is expected to release its third quarter ...

China's winning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... 7.4% annual pace in the first quarter to 7.5% in the June quarter, thanks to the Politburo's implementation of "mini-stimulus" measures that include infrastructure spending, credit relaxation and expansion to rural banks and small borrowers and business ...

Boost from Chinese stimulus to be short-lived

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... regions from 9% to 6%. The Chinese government has responded to recent signs the economy is slowing by announcing a raft of stimulus measures. Much smaller in scope than the ones launched to fend off the impact of the 2008 financial crisis, the new measures ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... manufacturing activity for July jumped to 52.0 from a final reading of 50.7 in June. The result suggests a recent slate of small stimulus measures by the Chinese government is gaining traction. Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 11.1 points ...

Governments are 'out of money': Hockey

AAP, PETER TRUTE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... increase in global economic growth set by G20 leaders. However it could not be funded by further easing of interest rates or stimulus programs from governments. "Governments basically all around the world have run out of money," he told the gathering ...