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Perfect storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... and a shrinking US dollar signal an economic perfect storm looming on the horizon, warns the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Simon Johnson, IMF chief economist told ABC TV's Business Lateline program last night that the credit crisis could undermine ...

More rich get richer

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... more than 28 per cent of the 17,500 UHNWIs in the region are in China." While in its October 2007 World Economic Outlook, the IMF forecast slower global growth, albeit of a still respectable 4.75 per cent, emerging markets have taken over as the leading ...

From rooster to feather duster

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007
... homebuilders, mortgage lenders and of course banks and hedge funds dealing in sub-prime mortgage securities. But given the IMF's recent upgrading of global growth earnings, many analysts believe that this is just another bump in the road and optimism ...

IMF blames the world

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
... banks must tighten fiscal policies as global growth accelerates. In a July update to its 2007 World Economic Outlook, the IMF has upgraded its global growth forecasts for 2007 and 2008 by 0.3 percentage points to 5.2 per cent. The update claims inflation ...

Economic round-up: Dollars and sense

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
... trading at 73.84. And while NZ is getting a head start on exchange rate adjustments, albeit not too successfully so far, the IMF's new stance will be the fund's first alteration in 30 years to its monitoring of members' economic policies. IMF managing ...

Germany rebuffed on hedge fund regulation call

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2007
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has rejected calls by Germany to increase hedge fund regulation, saying responsible macroeconomic government policies are a better solution. It is being widely reported that Germany, holder of the G-7 presidency ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
... the existing 125 per cent concession to be limited to small firms has been rejected by the government. The release by the IMF of its half yearly report that forecast a fall in global economic growth from 5.6 per cent last year to 5 per cent this year ...

PE boom poses risks: IMF

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
... economic outlook, according to the International Monetary Fund's half-yearly Global Financial Stability Report. According to the IMF, strong corporate performance and low interest rates have spurred an increase in private equity buyouts, with the industry ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
... increase holiday that the property market has been afforded has injected the positive sentiment back into the market. The IMF has revised its estimate of global growth for this year up by 0.1 per cent to 5 per cent. This will add to perceptions that ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
... expenditure. While the participation rate stayed at 66.2 per cent, the unemployment rate fell from 4.5 per cent to 4.4 per cent. The IMF has reduced its forecast for the US GDP by 0.3 per cent to 2.6 per cent this year and 3 per cent next year. The IMF ...