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Further regulation not needed: Nelson

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... regulation and I think there is a strong argument for enforcing the laws that already exist. "In any area of human economic activity there will always be some behaviour which is unacceptable or unexpected, but we don't want to be instinctively calling ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... recession in the United States. Three-months copper futures at the London Metal Exchange, a key gauge of real economic activity closed at $US8,380 a tonne from $US8,400 on Wednesday. Tin hit a record high of $US20,050 a tonne. It was last at $US19,950/19,955 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... after the Federal Reserve chairman offered a downbeat outlook on the US economy, while the latest estimate of US economic activity confirmed growth was glacial in the last quarter. The Hang Seng Index ended down 260.02 points at 24,331.67, but rising ...

World growth to drop by one-fifth, but no US recession: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... they said. "Monetary policy faces the difficult challenge of balancing the risks of higher inflation and slower economic activity, although a possible softening of oil prices could moderate inflation pressures." Meanwhile the IMF expects US growth to ...

We'll cut rates again if we have to: US Fed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... whose read the minutes of the Fed's December Board meeting: "[After] the robust gains of the [northern] summer, economic activity decelerated significantly in the fourth quarter. Consumption growth slowed, and survey measures of sentiment dropped further... ...

India: a country within a country

ALEX DUNNIN REPORTING FROM MUMBAI AND NEW DELHI AT THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... among the largest in the world standing at US$270 billion, more than triple what they were just three years ago. Economic activity, growing exports and a growing affluence is why India should not be viewed as a single country, but a 'country within a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
... Statistics releases new motor vehicle sales data for October and the Westpac-Melbourne Institute releases indices of economic activity for September. On the stock market, AWB Ltd and Lion Nathan Ltd release full year results and SP AusNet Ltd releases ...

A tale of two currencies

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... surveys prepared each year for the Federal Open Market Committee's rate-setting meetings, found although the US economic activity continued to expand, there has been a deceleration in pace in September and October. Downside risks to growth, however ...

Australia's growth spurt

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... with its latest growth spurt. The annualised growth rate of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity, indicating the likely pace of economic activity three to nine months ahead, was 5.6 per cent in August, above its long-term ...

Knee jerk over little Beige Book

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
... Market Committee's rate-setting meetings, this edition of the Beige Book claimed since the August 7 meeting "economic activity has continued to expand" albeit moderately. While upheaval in the financial markets worsened the housing slump, the overall ...