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The GFC is still among us: Varoufakis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... true: the EU was created by the United States," he said. Following the end of World War II, "the US, under Truman, took French and German bankers and made a deal. The deal was very simple: Germany would be allowed to get reindustrialised and France was ...

Paris adds to the "why nots" for a December lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... attacks. Still, Friday the 13th 2015 only adds to the list of the 'why nots' for a December lift-off. We stand united with our French brothers and sisters.

Quantitative easing eases bank lending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015

Janet vindicated

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... would have been damned now if she did. "Perhaps Janet Yellen has heard us," as IMF managing director Christine Lagarde French journal 'Les Echos' just over a week after the Fed kept the status quo following their 16-17 September FOMC meeting. Perhaps ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... is eating away at growth in its economy. They better act soon for just as IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde told French journal 'Les Echos', "World GDP [growth] at 3.3% this year is not realistic anymore... A forecast of 3.8% for next year is not ...

Bad news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... supported by government spending. There goes fiscal austerity out the door. Speaking of which, Moody's has just downgraded French government debt from Aa1 to Aa2 because "Taken together, low growth and institutional and political challenges to reforms ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... quickened to 0.4% in the June quarter from 0.3% in the first, it was less than market expectations for growth of 0.5%. The French economy stagnated (0%) in the June quarter while Italy's eased to 0.2% from 0.3%. Growth slowed to 0.1% from 0.6% in the ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... corporate results across Europe, including encouraging numbers from pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, Barclays bank and French companies Peugeot and Total. HONG KONG - Shanghai stocks recovered after plunging more than 11 per cent in the past three ...

Australian market skids on Greece

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... Mr Spooner said. Eurozone nations will hold a summit on Tuesday to discuss the referendum result, after the German and French leaders called for a meeting. At 1022 AEST in the resources sector, global miner BHP Billiton had dropped 59 cents to $26.00 ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... technology stocks as well as optimism over the Greek debt crisis. Dealers welcomed news German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande would meet with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at an EU-Latin America summit, encouraging ...