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Greece is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... not let the PIGS roll in the mud. And in the unlikely event that it does, there is still the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to provide support. Conditions are still fluid but chances are the same way that governments around the world coordinated efforts ...

Gold's dimming lustre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... for instance, made the headlines last October when it bought 200 tonnes of the metal from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Likewise, China is rumoured to be putting its hands up to buy the IMF's remaining 203 tonnes. South Korea, Brazil and even ...

Wall Street v Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... problems would linger. Yet despite all these, risks assets rallied. They rallied even when the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was forecasting little growth in economic output this year. Last night, the IMF made more revisions, it now expects global ...

Small thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... metal. The Financial Chronicle reports that the central bank of India - after recently purchasing 200 tonnes of gold from the IMF - is offering to buy the 201.3 tonnes remaining in the IMF's coffers. But with the US dollar in decline, other central banks ...

L-U-V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... Japan, Euro area, and the OECD as a whole in the shape of a V. This is almost similar to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) revised forecast for world growth released last month. The extent of the economic contraction in the world was such that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... Australian Parliamentary Conference. In companies news, annual general meetings are due from Fat Prophets Australia Fund Ltd, IMF Australia Ltd, Cazaly Resources Ltd, Atlas Iron Ltd, Western Areas NL, Tianshan Goldfields Ltd, and, in New Zealand, from ...

IMF funds Great Southern action

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
IMF (Australia) has agreed to fund a group action against Great Southern Plantations on behalf of investors who exchanged their woodlot interests for shares in Great Southern during the course of Project Transform. The funding will cover claims by investors ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... client adviser Stuart Smith said he expected the market to ease before close on Friday. "It's still overcooked," he said. "The IMF said our banks are exposed to $33 billion worth of writedowns. But the market is like a D9 Catepillar: it just keeps bulldozing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... for the third day running as downbeat economic data increased uncertainty for a recovery despite cautious forecasts from the IMF. The International Monetary Fund said in its major half-yearly report that the world economy is recovering from steep recession ...

G-20 reasons to be hopeful

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... contractions in the US and the UK are easing. The global economy is recovering. In a paper prepared for the G-20 gabfest, the IMF revised up its 2009 growth forecast to minus 1.3 per cent (from minus 1.4 per cent in July) and it now sees 2010 to bring ...