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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... eurozone unemployment rate hit a fresh record high level of 12.2 per cent in April, with 19.2 million people on the dole as recession continued to sap the economy. The Eurostat data agency said on Friday that in the 12 months to April, a total 1.6 million ...

Out of sight, out of mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... in May, extending its longest streak of monthly gains since 1997." Not bad for an economy that's deeply entrenched in recession with record unemployment to boot. Not bad at all 'ey? And not only this, the European Commission's recent economic confidence ...

Gold as an "insurance" against inflation: Lazard

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... discovered the secrets of alchemy; you can't print gold," Bratt said. Bratt explained that five years since the end of the recession, unemployment is still at 7.5% in the United States and it is not clear that the quantitative easing policy is working. ...

Careful of the recession you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... Us, Australians all, are still busily trying to outdo each other on who can give the gloomiest forecast of them all. Recession talks are beginning to be the thing du jour. Last month, the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) reported Bank of America Merrill Lynch ...

Quo vadis dollar-A?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... the Asian crisis when it dropped from more than US$0.80 to below US$0.60. It deflected the fallout from the 2001 US recession and September 11 by depreciating from US$0.65 to below US$0.50. It cushioned the economy during the GFC when it dropped from ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... US and Europe sparks a move into safe-haven assets. During the overnight session, it was reported that the euro zone recession continued into a six quarter in the first three months of 2013. The recent run of good economic figures from the US came to ...

Austerity can be hazardous to your health

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013

Not strong enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... straight week of decline, the lowest level in nearly five and a bit years and a fresh low since the US recovery from recession in June 2009. The less volatile four week moving average of claims is pointing in the same direction...down. And it's down ...

A long two-month wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... Peter Cardillo of Rockwell Global Capital said The ECB cut its benchmark interest rate last week to boost growth in the recession-mired eurozone. LONDON - Major European markets were slightly weaker, with London closed for a holiday and investors digesting ...