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What price surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... means that G too would be detracting from growth. Even the IMF acknowledges this as Tim Colebatch wrote in "The Age" last Saturday. "...in a new report to its 35 member countries, Fiscal Consolidation: how much, how fast, and by what means?, the IMF ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... hopes that debt-ridden Greece's bailout will at last be finalised. Monday's gains came after China's central bank said on Saturday it would cut commercial banks' reserve requirement ratio by 0.5 percentage point to ease restrictions on lending and boost ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
... AEDT on Friday, the local unit has traded between 106.88 US cents and 107.87 cents. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) on Saturday said it would lower the ratio of funds that banks must hold as reserves. The cut, which will free up more money for commercial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
... on Friday, the local unit traded between 97.34 US cents and 98.79 cents. The Australian dollar gained ground early on Saturday morning, Australian time, after US non-farm payrolls data showed the world's largest economy added 103,000 jobs in September ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... $US31.5 billion ($A29.81 billion) in July, as imports rose to a new record high, according to official data released on Saturday. MARSEILLE, France, Sept 9 AFP - G7 rich nations vowed tough measures on Friday to get the global economy back on track but ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, who is scheduled to speak at an annual conference of the world's central bankers on Saturday AEST. "We're getting in a situation now where people are probably pricing in some sort of idea that the Fed will probably ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... inflation rate touched 6.4 per cent in June, the fastest acceleration in three years, China's bureau of statistics said on Saturday. Volumes on the local market are "quite subdued", and are likely to remain that way for some time, Mr Herring said. Market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... call for the restart of nuclear reactors. Power company shares rose in Tokyo after Trade Minister Banri Kaieda said on Saturday that government inspections showed all nuclear power plants in Japan had adequate safety measures against severe accidents ...

Fin services lend weight to East Timor education

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... Timorese a new lease of life by giving them access to what many in the western world take for granted: education. Last Saturday, more than 20 financial services providers supported a fundraising event by eMerge foundation, a foundation set up by financial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... exceed 10,000. An explosion at the ageing Fukushima atomic plant blew apart the building housing one of its reactors on Saturday, a day after the biggest quake ever recorded in Japan unleashed a monster tsunami. Meanwhile, the Australian bond market ...