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Hitting a BRIC wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... Higher borrowing costs and higher prices for basic commodities would, by extension, slow consumer spending, limit economic activity, weaken business sales and lower company profits. By how much the BRICs and other emerging economies slow remains a big ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... data on new motor vehicles in January, and Westpac and the Melbourne Institute release their Leading Indices of Economic Activity. The Australian Office of Financial Management conducts a tender process for the issue of $500 million of the July 2022 ...

I heart the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... pushes prices higher. Tight monetary settings reduce inflationary pressures but too tight and it risks damping economic activity that results in higher unemployment. The RBA's pro-active stance towards monetary policy and the floating Australian dollar ...

Egypt not just another pyramid scheme

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... prices just as the world is beginning to recovery from the GFC. The risks of a recessionary contraction in global economic activity unless OPEC is able to quickly bring on stream part of its 5.5 million barrels of spare daily capacity would then dramatically ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
... at 4,794. In economics news on Thursday, Westpac and the Melbourne Institute release their Leading Indices of Economic Activity, and the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) conducts a tender process for $2 billion in Treasury Notes in two ...

Haste makes waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... saving in preparation for tighter money ahead just as they did last year. The same one that caused the pause in economic activity. The same one that necessitated more money printing. Gives meaning to the adage "haste makes waste," doesn't it?

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... of skilled job vacancies advertised on November 6. Westpac and the Melbourne Institute issue their Indices of Economic Activity for September, and the Australian Office of Financial Management conducts a tender process for the issue of $500 million of ...

Head faked again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... dollar virtually at parity and the "impact" of the Federal Government's spending "now lessening", certainly economic activity would slow a bit and the "the risk of inflation rising again over the medium term" would ease, right? Perhaps. Then again, perhaps ...

The Cup, the RBA and the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... money that would find their way into financial assets of all form and money that could "hopefully" reinvigorate economic activity. Place your bets. So You Think to win? RBA shall hold? The Fed... we'll find out.

Bad, bad day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... Industry released October data showing that factory orders dropped at their fastest pace in six months. Weak economic activity in its major export market - its European neighbours - and tough fiscal austerity measures would continue to drag down manufacturing ...