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Digit says recession averted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... Just think how foolhardy this is - watching the jobless claims numbers week in, week out to divine the outlook for the US economy. It'll be flipping between growth (sometimes very strong growth) and recession (maybe even deep depression) from one week ...

Stocks in freefall on recession fears, banks cut mortgage rates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... said. "Its policy ammunition is quite limited and the recovery will need to rely on the underlying fundamentals of the US economy rather than extra liquidity." Economist Saul Eslake, program director at the Grattan Institute said neither governments ...

Goodbye or good buy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... metals and other raw materials had also fallen. Isn't this one of the major concerns for weakening consumption in the US economy? Just as rising commodity prices eroded disposable income and raised industry input costs, falls would reverse this dynamics. ...

Market dives on US downgrade, China demands new reserve currency

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... monetary standard and the US dollar." "We see the situation as a little less dire than some were predicting. I think the US economy can recover and can grow and of course the best way to get their financial house in order is through a strong economy." ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... Investments. Overseas, the US Federal Reserve meets on Tuesday where it will consider new quantitative easing to boost the US economy. China will also release important inflation figures on Tuesday that will guide whether it raises interest rates. On ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... points, with 41,444 contracts traded. CMC Markets analyst Ben Le Brun said the market was being savaged on fears the US economy was sliding towards recession, while Europe's debt problems were intensifying. Markets worldwide plunged overnight on renewed ...

Markets crash as recession fears hit

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... data for July which if it shows another weak number or a decline well there's even more reasons to conclude that the US economy has entered a second recession," he said. Eslake said if the number was positive then fears of a second recession would recede ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
The Australian dollar dropped more than two US cents overnight as fears rise over the US economy and the European sovereign debt crisis deepens. US stocks also fell, down more than four per cent and European stocks fell over three per cent At 0700 (AEST) ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... Wednesday, the Australian share market fell to its lowest point in almost a year as investors fretted over the weak US economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 100.8 points, or 2.27 per cent, to 4,332.8, while the broader All Ordinaries index lost ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... sentiment," Mr Bell said. "The weaker consumer spending in the United States weighed on growth expectations of the US economy and that follows weaker manufacturing data earlier this week and weaker GDP (gross domestic product) number last week. "So you've ...