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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... away for now, there are still no guarantees." Agricultural stocks rallied on the back of the resumption of live cattle exports to Indonesia. "The market is mildly pleased from the partial lifting of the ban, but there's still a little bit of uncertainty ...

China-Gillard tug o' war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... and consumer confidence sliding in recent months. If not for China and its voracious appetite for Australia's resources exports, the domestic equity market's 2010/11 fiscal year performance would have been a less pretty picture. The S&P/ASX 300 Resources ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... Friday's local session. "You do get the sense that Asia is showing signs of softening, through softer imports and softer exports. "(Chinese) imports in April were softer," he said. Mr Rennie expects the Australian dollar to trade in a range between 106.00 ...

The seventh day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... market saw is America's trade numbers - and they were good. The US trade deficit narrowed by 6.7 per cent in April as exports grew by 1.3 per cent and imports declined by 0.4 per cent. This is good - a lower trade deficit would provide less drag on the ...

China not exporting inflation: AMP/AXA

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... to their domestic currency. "China is inflating the world more through its demand for commodities than the price of its exports," said Dutton. "The price of China's exports to the US has been consistently falling over the last decade but because the ...

All good but for the dollar A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... today's Australia." But my money's on the strong dollar A. This had been highlighted yesterday's National Accounts where net exports lopped 2.4 percentage points off growth in the March quarter. Certainly disruptions to production, shipping and mining ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... on Tuesday showed the current account deficit widened in the March quarter to $10.447 billion, driven by a big drop in exports. Economists say the widening of the trade gap will strip 2.4 percentage points from economic growth for the quarter, the biggest ...

Just replace because with despite

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
... reporting on the 0.5 per cent increase in its real GDP in the March quarter. But I think "despite" would be better given that exports accounted for the bulk of the first quarter expansion. Consumer spending and business investment dropped by 0.6 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... January March 2009. St George Bank chief economist Besa Deda said that even though around 18.5 per cent of Australia's exports go to Japan, the Australian dollar has barely reacted to the news. "We knew that first quarter GDP figures were going to be ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... points, reversing losses on Monday. China's trade surplus ballooned to $US11.4 billion ($A10.59 billion) in April and exports hit a record monthly high, data showed on Tuesday. It was far bigger than the $US139 million ($A129 million) surplus posted ...