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Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... under financial stress." Also out, the US trade deficit widened to US$40.285 billion in April as a 0.7 per cent fall in exports more than offset the 0.4 per cent decline in imports. The rest of the world is buying less "made in the USA" goods and services. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... stocks closed higher on Thursday after positive economic news raised hopes for the global recovery. A jump in Chinese exports and a drop in US jobless claims helped ease anxiety about the global economic recovery and push the Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Stimulate and die

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... 2007 that improvement was reported across the country. There's also nothing to be worried about global growth. Chinese exports rose by 50 per cent in the year to May. Many countries out there -- Europe included -- are still buying! So it's all good... ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... efforts to stem the debt crisis will come at the cost of economic growth for years to come, with only some sectors - such as exports - helped by a faster recovery in the US or Asia. In London, the FTSE 100 closed up 57.71 points, or 1.15 per cent, at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... 1,171.67. Improved economic news helped reassure investors that the recovery is continuing. The Commerce Department said exports jumped in March to their highest levels since 2008. That bodes well for manufacturing industry, which has improved in recent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... economic research institute said its financial sector indicator jumped eight points to 53 points on the back of strong exports, well above the 46 points forecast by analysts. Dealers said the prospects of European airlines getting back to normal after ...

Easter egg hunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... because of the surprising 1.4 per cent drop in February retail sales. Yes, again, because of the ballooning trade deficit. Exports rose by 1.4 per cent in February but imports rose by more - 2.4 per cent. This implies that Australia is growing more than ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... while the yen's relative weakness against the US dollar also cheered players because a weaker currency boosts Japanese exports. There was a reluctance to take strong positions ahead of the Bank of Japan's quarterly Tankan survey of business confidence ...

End game II

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2010
... 1930, America enacted the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act because as in today - it wants to bolster its economy by increasing exports and reducing demand for imports. At one stroke of a pen, tariffs on over 20,000 goods imported into America were raised to record ...

Wen has spoken

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010