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China's rebalancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... yesterday what it already announced last week in response to soaring money market rates. "At present, the overall liquidity in China's banking system is at a reasonable level, but due to many changing factors in the financial markets and also because ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... set to open lower following sharp falls on international markets amid concern over the emergence of a liquidity crisis in China and the withdrawal of US Federal Reserve stimulus. At 08088 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
... billion-a-month cash stimulus program, known as quantitative easing or QE. "Some are suggesting that the current state of affairs in China is very similar to that seen in the US pre-GFC (global financial crisis)," Mr Lucas said. "Leverage was cheap and ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... stocks plunged, continuing a global markets rout spurred by the Federal Reserve's plans to cut stimulus and more bad news in China's manufacturing and banking sectors. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 353.87 points (2.34 ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... 15,115.57. It was the biggest loss for the index since April 15, when markets plunged after worries about an economic slowdown in China caused commodity prices to drop sharply. Some traders said the sudden afternoon swoon came as large investors had ...

Downswing in bond yields clear path for Absolute Return Fixed Income

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... the Mexican peso. Mexico has followed a very conservative economic policy, running a balanced budget. Wage increases in China also now mean that the economy now has a lower unit labour cost base than the world's second largest economy. While Djounov ...

Li gets what Li likes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... Joe are likely to unseat Julia and Wayne (ok, maybe that too) but because of similar changes at the top that transpired in China early this year. Xi Jinping and Li Kequiang replaced Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao as President and Prime Minister of China, respectively ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... the greenback drove Japanese stocks to a fresh five-year high, while new economic data signalled a sluggish recovery in China. The Australian dollar slid below parity with the greenback which surged on persistent speculation about a winding back of quantitative ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... Shanghai was down 0.17 per cent, or 3.79 points, at 2,174.12, a day after official data showed that manufacturing activity in China slowed last month. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index dropped 28.55 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 4574.46.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... Wednesday. The broader Topix index of all first-section shares slipped 0.58 per cent, or 6.76 points, to 1158.27. Markets in China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and Singapore were all closed on Wednesday ...