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Competing to devalue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... equities closed weaker while we were sleeping apparently still reeling from the previous day's FOMC assessment that the US economy remains weak. Ok, let's give it that. But Bloomberg took it a bit farther. "The Fed said yesterday for the first time that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... prices slipped overnight following a statement from the US Federal Reserve that it was ready to further stimulate the US economy. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, at 0750 AEST, the December share price index contract was eight points lower at 4,640. In ...

Recession over, now for the recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... Wall Street's positive reaction to the positive news, this might be the catalyst we've been waiting for. For if the US economy was able to recover from the worst and the longest recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s, how much of a problem ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... weekend. On Friday, Wall Street lifted as a better-than-expected wholesale inventory report boosted confidence in the US economy. China reported on Saturday that consumer inflation rose at the fastest pace in nearly two years in August, the 10th consecutive ...

Rewind and replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... The additional liquidity in the system is more likely to go into risk assets. Needless to say, equities win if the US economy continues to recover.

Snakes and ladders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... there wouldn't be one. Wall Street cheers. Equity markets around the world go up because Wall Street is up because the US economy is not headed down. Day 2. Europe cheated... again. Banks are holding more sovereign debts on their books than they admitted ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... rose on Monday, gaining for a fourth day after fewer-than-expected US job losses in August bolstered optimism that the US economy would not fall back into recession. The benchmark Nikkei closed up 187.19 points, or 2.05 per cent, at 9,301.32 points ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... mother of all economic stats" - brought in the light with figures enough to put reasonable doubt into those willing the US economy into a double dip. The US Labor Department reported that overall non-farm payrolls declined by 54,000 in August. And just ...

US needs double the lifeline

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
A two-pronged monetary and fiscal assault may be needed to revitalise the US economy, according to a US-based fund manager. Tom Callan, head of BlackRock's $12 billion global opportunities team, said that quantitative easing should be coupled with fiscal ...

Aussie equities get clean bill of health

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... recent times the Australian economy does remain hostage to developments overseas, but hinted that fears surrounding the US economy might be overdone. "The US economy doesn't have the same downward leverage to housing starts as it did three or four years ...