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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... players. IG chief market strategist Chris Weston said various push-and-pull factors in world economies, such as weak China growth targets dampening the confidence provided by a falling Australian dollar, are ensuring market uncertainty. Mr Weston said ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... more cuts in mind for 2015. Meanwhile, falling crude oil prices overnight, caused by US oversupply concerns and weak China growth forecasts, has hit the energy players and miners to level out the bank's gains. "The oil price got absolutely slammed by ...

China growth as Li likes it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
Another year, another disappointment. I must be really getting ancient becasue I can't recall exactly when it all started - 2010 or 2011? - but year after year after year, "experts" have been predicting a hard landing in China's economy. That "hard ...

Santa came to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... absence of a major policy action (there targeted easing for big banks and agricultural banks) - in the face of slowing China growth means that the Politburo is now willing to tolerate slower China growth. How quickly they forget. They've quickly forgotten ...

7.5% in black and white

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... year. And this is reflected in recent forecasts. Reuters' poll of forecasters conducted two months ago predicted China growth of 7.3% this year and more recently, the World Bank, in its Global Economic Prospects report, sees the economy growing by 7.6% ...

Wagging the giant doggie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... economic growth..." All these measures haven't fully impacted on the economy yet but look at what's happening at recent China growth indicators: China's unadjusted merchandise trade surplus expanded to US$35.9 billion in May - the widest surplus since ...

Dumping dear momos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... some considered yesterday's China news - exports and imports came in lower than expectations - it's good news for China growth. Taken at face value - that is, discounting for "faking", seasonal variations, timing, etc. - China's overall trade account ...

Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... to a record 16,452.72 points. And this, in the midst of the on-going Russia-Ukraine tension, renewed concerns over China growth... and the recent fall in commodity prices - mainly iron ore and copper -- the risk to Japanese growth after the consumption ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... Australian dollar falling below 90 US cents because of the economy's dependence on China. "Everyone has been worried about China growth for a while. This will provide some clarity on exactly where China is from an official standpoint," Mr Shamu said. ...

Boston Bombs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
It started with the gold rush...to the exits, then China growth disappointment - which turned the sell gold (and other commodities) marathon into a sprint - and now this, America's attacked once more. I woke up to the news that two bombs had exploded ...