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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... International Trade Price Indices for March, and Westpac and the Melbourne Institute releases their Leading Indices of Economic Activity for February. The Housing Industry Association (HIA) publishes its Trades Report for the March quarter. In equities ...

Yikes the ECB hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... Thus, the stance of monetary policy remains accommodative and thereby continues to lend considerable support to economic activity and job creation. Recent economic data confirm that the underlying momentum of economic activity continues to be positive ...

C'mon, Aussie, c'mon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... of the country's economic strength. There's Australia's growth premium. Despite the momentary disruption to economic activity caused by the floods and cyclone earlier in the New Year - estimated to cause a 0.5 per cent drag on growth -- the Australian ...

Commodities rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... depend on rising demand - or more accurately, demand outstripping supply -- which, in turn, hinges on increasing economic activity. Commodity prices continue their ascent despite the catastrophic and negative events of the past three months of 2011 that ...

Tightrope walker

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... Fed's sticking to its very easy monetary policy. But what does a central bank do when it's presented with weak economic activity and rising inflation? Such is the dilemma that the Bank of England (BOE) must confront. Financial market speculation of an ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... know that when dearer oil strikes, consumer prices first go higher, then disposable income falls and, finally, economic activity slows. But maybe all equity markets are Australians now. They've taken to our "she'll be right, mate" attitude gauging from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... data on dwelling unit commencements for December 2010. The joint Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is also released. On Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 97.7 points, or 2.11 per cent, to 4,528.7 points, while ...

The day the earth moved

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... equities closed higher. As they should! Calamities are sad and frightful when they strike but the impact on overall economic activity had almost always been temporary. Like New Zealand, Japan might also now be heading into a double dip. Like New Zealand ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... Last week the survey revealed all (yes A-L-L) 12 districts surveyed by the Fed reported continued expansion in economic activity in January and February and that "Labor market conditions continued to "strengthen modestly" in all 12 Fed districts." Private ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... January 1973. The ISM non-manufacturing sector index released last night gave further indication of accelerating economic activity in the US. The index increased to 59.7 in February - the 15th consecutive month of reading above the 50 expansion mark. ...