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Market Movers Overnight (8 July)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... production fell by 2.4 per cent in May from the previous month - the largest drop in nine years. Slowing global economic activity, high commodity prices and a strong euro have combined to take down domestic and international demand for German manufacturers. ...

This Week's Market Movers (7-11 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... going forward. Industrial Production (June). This is another indicator that investors routinely watch to gauge economic activity. Japan's industrial production rose by 2.9 per cent in May, following a 0.2 per cent fall in April. Industrial production ...

Cracks appearing in Europe

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... "In the traditional economies, the price of oil and food is increasing against the backdrop of clearly slowing economic activity," said KBC. At least this means "the danger of second round effects from wages is quite limited. In that respect, more expensive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... Statistics releases construction data for the March quarter. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity for March is released. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations releases its skilled vacancies survey for May. ...

Oil frenzy is storm before the calm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... economist and chief investment strategist for AMP Capital Investors. Oliver is still however expecting slowing economic activity around the world to dampen demand for oil and facilitate the price dropping to US$100 in the medium term. "At some point ...

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... ...