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Economists divided over Europe growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... "We are expecting 18 months of above trend growth in US and we see Europe only two years behind." He argued that the fall in oil prices is likely to help growth in Europe and that wages in both Europe and the US are low enough after the global recession ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... NEW YORK - US stocks have pushed higher, rallying after two down days on generally solid corporate earnings and a gain in oil prices. At the closing bell on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 17,416.85, up 225.48 points (1.31 per cent). ...

Deflation is the Darth Vader of the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
We're back to crude oil spotting again folks. Prices dropped big time again last night - WTI oil down 4.0% to US$44.36 a barrel and Brent's down 2.4% to US$48.43 per barrel. Not surprisingly, Wall Street, which had been trading flat for most of the ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... market briefing. In equities news, Fortescue Metals, Beach Energy, and PanAust release December quarter production results and Oil Search posts its fourth quarter results, while Australian Pharmaceutical Industries holds its annual general meeting. In ...

Think of China as the new America

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... Europe and Japan stagnant or growing at a slow rate and China slowing. Probyn also noted that the recent and on-going falls in oil prices will have an effect on global growth and it is likely to provide "a cushion" to China's slowing economy. "We used ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... dropped 48 cents to $56.38. In the energy sector, Santos had fallen 14 cents to $7.66, Woodside had lost 14 cents to $34.26 and Oil Search was 23 cents weaker at $7.70. Among the banks, Commonwealth Bank was up 95 cents at $87.18, Westpac had gained ...

Reasons to cheer amid gloomy predictions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... from construction growth, as "people first buy a house, and then they buy furniture and white-goods to put in it." Falling oil prices are also likely to have a positive impact on the sector. However, Australia will go through what Bond calls "the two ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... Australian mining precincts in response to falling iron ore prices, a move that will deliver a $1.3 billion hit to its bottom line. Oil and gas producer Santos had surged 41 cents, or 5.5 per cent, to $7.83 after lifting sales revenue and production ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... after encouraging quarterly production reports earlier this week, while energy stocks benefitted from improvements in crude oil prices. Traders are also optimistic the European Central Bank will vote on Thursday to buy about 50 billion euros ($A72 billion) ...

AMP Capital issues deflation warning

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... could threaten economic growth," the economic expert said. Oliver points to falling industrial commodity prices, including oil must recently, and excess capacity in the global economy in the wake of the GFC as major contributors to deflation. "The danger ...