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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... released minutes from its June 22-23 meeting, at which it found that "economic developments abroad" could hurt the US economy. While the Fed's statement contained no real surprises, investors remain particularly cautious because so much of corporate ...

Looking good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... from US$40.3 bil in the previous month. In a down market, this would be spun to "this confirms the slow growth in the US economy as the numbers show that net exports subtract from second quarter GDP." Easy. But nay, the market was up. So what was the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... as investors welcomed upbeat Chinese trade data and waited to see whether quarterly corporate results show that the US economy is on track. London found support as British energy major BP reported progress in taming the Gulf of Mexico oil spill even ...

Temasek seeks Asian equities fundies

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... billion at the end of March, intends to increase its Asian assets as Europe's sovereign debt crisis and a recovering US economy point to sluggish growth in the West. "We expect global growth to be slower in the medium term with Asia maintaining its secular ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... face of disappointing US data, notably a surprising erosion in US consumer confidence. A report on Friday that the US economy had lost jobs in June for the first time this year added further tension. A fall in the jobless rate to 9.5 per cent of the ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... growing for the past six months now. The bears failed to tell you this, didn't they? This is a clear indication that the US economy is headed in the right direction, particularly when you compare this to last year's massive job shedding. Job gains may ...

Bad news bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... anything could go wrong... The Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing index - a leading indicator of the US economy - declined to 56.2 in June from 59.7 in May. Again, markets expected the fall, but not this sharp. Expectations were for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... Japanese shares closed down 0.45 per cent on Monday with exporters hit by a stronger yen and on renewed fears for the US economy, after a weekend G20 summit delivered no market-moving news. The Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 43.54 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... - US stocks closed mixed overnight after the Federal Reserve indicated that problems in Europe pose a threat to the US economy and that it would keep interest rates low. In a statement following a meeting on interest rates, the Fed said on Wednesday ...

Stimulate and die

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... measures will be successful." Perhaps it wasn't that Ben wavered in his conviction of continued - but slow - growth in the US economy (and the world). After all, on the very day of his testimony on Capitol Hill, the Beige Book -- a regional business ...