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Hong Kong's millionaire factory

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
... flexible labour market policies and low tax rates, the Hong Kong market has endured a global downturn to produce strong GDP growth with market capitalisation in domestic equities growing more than 60 per cent in 2006. In 2007, the Index of Economic Freedom ...

More rich get richer

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2007
... the leading contributors to global growth. Merrill Lynch and Capgemini found Asia-Pacific showed among the highest GDP growth rates in the world with China and India driving the region. Domestic savings rates, as a percentage of GDP, were higher in Asia-Pacific ...

Building BRICs

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
... versus broader emerging markets at about 8.3 per cent versus developed markets at about 2.5 per cent. So certainly GDP growth that whole story is still very much in tact," Dali said. The demographics story, he said, is still improving with increased ...

Australian economy to lose shine in 2025

... (overtaking the UK, Germany and Brazil) with a projected US$4 trillion in GDP. By contrast, McRae predicts that Australia's GDP growth won't be as spectacular so that over the next 18 years, the country moves from the 11th spot to the 12th, with GDP ...

China's GDP and CPI blowout

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
China continues to blitz market expectations with GDP growth in the June quarter coming in at 11.9 per cent, well above the expected 11.0 per cent and their strongest growth since Q3 1994. China's industrial production also expanded by 1.3 per cent ...

Economic round-up: BRICs get richer

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... China) continue growing, we can expect a period of moderation in the expansion of mature economies for 2007. In 2006 GDP growth and market capitalisation built on the stable performances of the previous year. However, according to the Economist Intelligence ...

Rich get richer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
High global GDP growth and market capitalisation are driving ever higher numbers of high net wealth (HNW) individuals and ultra high net wealth (UNHW) individuals, according to the 11th annual World Wealth Report. The report, conducted by Capgemini ...

Aussies in ever greater debt: MLC

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
... pointing to a survey of 58 countries around the world that showed all countries in the survey had positive year-on-year GDP growth in the last few years. "That hasn't happened for 40 years, and that is a really big deal. It just shows you that we've ...

Economic round-up: Chinese whispers and inflation rumbles

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
... stance would avoid fuelling demand, with the economy close to full capacity" the report said. The OECD has forecast GDP growth of 3.3 per cent in 2007 and 2008, and their inflation forecast for 2008 is expected to average 2.8 per cent, which is clearly ...

Inflation could still rain on the parade

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
... 2007, with only three of the 18 economists anticipating a rise in the first quarter. Meanwhile, the expectation on GDP growth is of 2.4 per cent in 2006-07 and 3.5 per cent for 07-08. It's clear that the Reserve Bank will be watching the US economy's ...