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What Wen wants, Wen gets, when Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... - the slowest in more than 2.5 years. The latest scare, of course, is the report that China posted "the biggest trade deficit in at least 22 years" (Bloomberg) in February after a 39.6% year-on-year surge in imports outstripped a smaller 18.4% rise in ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... Australian market had defied a positive lead from offshore and dipped after the release of disappointing Chinese trade deficit data. "There are a few factors at play. It's a big week ahead and it seems like investors are cautious ahead of US trade," ...

Good bacteria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... good bacteria) and provide succour to Europe and the rest of us. The bigger than expected 4.3% increase in the US trade deficit in January is a case in point because it shows that America is helping to do some heavy lifting. It is buying more from the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... against the yen, while the Japanese unit was also pressured by news that the country suffered a record current account deficit in January. Tokyo jumped 2.01 per cent, or 192.90 points, to 9,768.96, Sydney advanced 0.66 per cent, or 27.3 points, to 4,171.0 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... ended 0.86 per cent weaker. Making news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said the nation's current account deficit widened to $8.374 billion in the December quarter, from $5.824 billion in the September quarter. The result was slightly ...

Austerity's political pay-off

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... the Thatcher years. "The problem is that all of the imbalances of 2008 - the US not saving enough, the current account deficit, Europe not having much growth, the periphery of Europe not being as productive as the core of Europe - none of those issues ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... above the lowest at D. A draft Greek law - part of the rescue implementation program - separately showed that the public deficit this year will be 6.7 per cent of gross domestic product, up from the previous target of 5.4 per cent. News of a slowdown ...

Problem solved, not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... happens next? What happens next is it gets only a small chunk of it, which for the most part would go into plugging the deficit in its budget. Here's CNBC's take: "The vast majority of the funds in the 130-billion-euro programme will be used to finance ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... than one per cent, but it closed up 0.27 per cent, or 6.42 points, at 2,363.60. Tokyo shrugged off a record monthly trade deficit of Y1.475 trillion ($A17.22 billion) to close with the Nikkei 225 up 1.08 per cent or 100.92 points at 9,485.09. On currency ...

Insult me, insult you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... would have been so easy if it's only Greece on the firing line. The decision would simply be either to cover its entire deficit - even all of its national debt -- or let it go bankrupt. But it's not. There's Portugal, Spain and Italy in the queue. And ...