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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... would move up over 99 US cents once the European session gets underway and would stay at this level until fourth quarter US GDP figures were released overnight (AEDT).

Healing US, crouching Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... momentum, up 1.1 points over the month. The lead from the ISM index confirms consensus predictions for 2.5 per cent growth in US GDP next year. What's wrong with that? Surely for a mature economy like America, 2.5 per cent growth is good enough, especially ...

No pleasing Mr. Market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... lane. At the start of the week, investors and speculators alike were worried about China, State of the Union, Bernanke and US GDP. What were the results? China's 'fine-tuning' (again, yes fine-tuning) of its economy sparked fears that an economic slowdown ...

GFC in a fortnight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... in the fourth quarter (originally reported as a 0.18 per cent contraction). Or if you prefer the more sensational one, US GDP was revised down to an annualised rate of minus 6.2 per cent from minus 3.8 per cent. Germany's economy declined by 2.1 per ...

Darkest before dawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... the September quarter and down 0.9 per cent again in the December quarter -- faster than producers can say pink slip. The US GDP numbers are not set in stone. There are two more revisions to come. But barring a surprisingly big upward revision, the final ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... its biggest one-day percentage gain in over three weeks, as Canon Inc and other exporters rose after surprisingly strong US GDP data temporarily eased fears about its economic health. The Nikkei rose 3.2 per cent on the week but slid 2.3 per cent for ...

More bite from subprime

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
... fuel expenditure, but as a result of the credit crunch, these funds will not be easily refinanced. "When 70 per cent of US GDP is consumption, and that finance is no longer there, there's a very good chance the US is headed for recession. They just haven't ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... major movements down or up and that's clearly positive for our market." Mr Heffernan said the release overnight of positive US GDP data should help erase fears surrounding a US recession. "The US GDP figures came out last night and showed a really robust ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... major movements down or up and that's clearly positive for our market." Mr Heffernan said the release overnight of positive US GDP data should help erase fears surrounding a US recession. "The US GDP figures came out last night and showed a really robust ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
... last year global growth peaked at 5.6 per cent and indeed the last four years have seen figures of above 4.5 per cent. US GDP growth is anticipated to fall from the 3.3 per cent achieved last year to 2.2 per cent this year.