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Whatever the question, the answer is China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... US just yet as their increasing consumer activity should lead to employment growth that should in turn push up their GDP growth. If this restores confidence in the US economy, it will encourage capital flows back into US treasury bonds that should take ...

Speck of sand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... mode. Last night's data instalment confirms the strong contribution of personal consumption on fourth quarter real GDP growth. US personal spending increased by 0.7 per cent in December - more than expectations for a 0.5 per cent gain. Personal income ...

Middle East mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
... Amazon - continue to beat profit estimates. And why not, the US economy has woken up from its summer slumber. Real GDP growth accelerated to an annual rate of 3.2 per cent in the fourth quarter from 2.6 per cent in the previous three-month period. Yes ...

When good is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... market moving items on the cards this week - The US Federal Reserve's FOMC meeting and the release of US fourth quarter GDP growth stats. Financial markets expect the Fed to maintain the status quo - no change in interest rates, no change in US$600 billion ...

Growth spoiler

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
... Overall, the impact of the flood on the domestic economy might be devastating (during the Queensland flood of 1974, GDP growth fell by 2.9 per cent in the secodn quarter from a positive 0.1 per cent in the first), but they are transitory. Rebuilding ...

Perpetual sees 8pc upside for ASX200

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... reasonable in light of fragile global economic conditions. Sherwood sees a rosy year ahead for the Australian economy, with GDP growth expected at around 4 per cent. The RBA could hike interest rates by a cumulative 75 basis points over the course of ...

Chinese fund on BT Investment Wrap

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... found that we could easily satisfy that demand due to the great interest in China resulting from its high single digit GDP growth prospects, compared to the slower growth out of most developed economies," said Mulligan. Mulligan said the fund would approach ...

Best house in the slums

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... floating Australian dollar as helper. This means that despite the pause in the September quarter when Australia's real GDP growth slowed to only 0.2 per cent -- from 1.1 per cent in the first, things are still going good for the poor little rich kid. ...

Danger everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... inflation to erode your purchasing power. Anything Australia is safe. Again... maybe. If today's third quarter real GDP growth report does not turn out as bad as many expect. But even if it did, China's committing seppuku (yeah, I know it's a Japanese ...

Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... ABS releases its estimates next week. The Australian Financial Review quote Westpac halving its third quarter real GDP growth forecast from 0.6 per cent to 0.3 per cent. And if that's not bad enough, it also printed that ANZ Bank predicts no growth at ...