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Mine's bigger than yours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... amount of money that is already flooding the system. The dire straits the global economy is in is reflected in the latest IMF World Economic Outlook, which now expects world economic growth to slow to 2.2 percent in 2009, down from the 3 per cent it ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... Performance of Construction Index for October is due. Companies holdings annual general meetings include Babcock & Brown Power, PMP, IMF Australia, Ansell and Macmahon Holdings. Telecom New Zealand releases first quarter results. Microsoft Corporation ...

October mourn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
... the central banks of South Korea and Singapore and Brazil and Mexico. Wait there's more. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) also extended a helping hand, announcing its plans to lend money to more emerging countries. However, while the IMF announced ...

The global recession we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... coordinated rate cuts are forthcoming, and so is a global recession. In its World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that, 'The world economy is now entering a major downturn in the face of the most dangerous shock in mature ...

Rescue package YES, economy NO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... month. Durable goods ex-transportation slid by 3.3 per cent. In its Global Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that is a substantial likelihood of a severe US economic downturn in the United States but Europe might be partially ...

Markets are a public good: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... The prime minister said the central bank in each country should have responsibility for financial system stability and the IMF should embed "globally agreed best practice standards of financial regulation - and [be] assessed by the International Monetary ...

SWFs finalise principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are finalising a set of voluntary principles which aim to shed some light on the investment activities of the sector. Speaking at a Ministry of Finance of Chile conference, John ...

A$ backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... dollar to around US$0.8550 and by 1.7 per cent vis-a-vis the yen to about Y93.50. Reports that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its global growth forecasts to 3.9 per cent in 2008 and 3.7 per cent in 2009, if proved correct, would ...

Bad news galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... rating on credit watch. News on the global economy were not good either. Reuters reported that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) now sees global economic growth in 2008 at 3.9 per cent, down from the 4.1 per cent estimated in July. The IMF also reduced ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... International Monetary Fund report predicting continuing problems in the credit and housing market put stress on financials. The IMF said the bottom of the housing market was still not visible. Sentiment was also soured by the weekend closure of two ...