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Not looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... nature of the recovery, we must tread the difficult path of achieving fiscal adjustment plans while supporting economic activity, taking into account different national circumstances." Oh yes, they understand that there's a problem all right - a mammoth ...

Ideas count and Australia is up to 69,000

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... drinks. These figures from IP Australia are welcome because trade mark applications are leading indicators of economic activity, especially with all the emphasis now on productivity growth and competing in a global information based and ideas economy. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... releases data on lending finance for June, and Westpac and the Melbourne Institute issue their Leading Indexes of Economic Activity for August. The Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) issues $700 million of May 2021 Treasury Bonds. In equities ...

DC theatrics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... result. Now this is no bull. For these latest updates put doubt into the Fed's view that the recent slowdown in economic activity was just transitory. It could be more than a bump in the road. I'm pretty sure that this economic concern would litter the ...

Cry of the banshee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... reflecting he slow patch that we've witnessed over the past several months. More recent indications that US economic activity is rebounding suggest a corresponding improvement in the outlook for the labour market.. Likewise, it indicates subdued labour ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... passed a bill needed to stave off debt default and the Institute for Supply Management said its index tracking economic activity in the Chicago region had jumped in June, beating forecasts. LONDON - European stock markets extended strong gains on Thursday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... news on Wednesday, Westpac and the Melbourne Institute were scheduled to publish their monthly leading index of economic activity for June. In companies news, Qantas Airways Ltd chief executive Alan Joyce was due to address the National Press Club in ...

Fear is in the air

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... Investors still flock to the "safety" of US bonds when the going gets volatile. There's still a likelihood that economic activity could resume after this "pause" but if not, the Fed won't stand and watch idly the "progress" it's made on the economy over ...

Can't hear you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... question might be decided by causality. Which causes what? Would strong and strengthening corporate profits lift economic activity to produce a durable recovery? Or would the current soft patch the US economy finds itself in - and its huge debt and deficit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... at 4,633. In economics news on Tuesday, Westpac and the Melbourne Institute release their Leading Indices of Economic Activity for March, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) issues data on construction work in March. In equities, Westfield ...