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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... Obama and House Speaker John Boehner on averting looming tax hikes and spending cuts that could push the economy into recession, the so-called "fiscal cliff". "It seems like they're happy to work together to come up with some sort of deal before the ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... Something that'll make you sick-er. Steen Jacobsen warns us, Australians all, that his tea leaves are spelling out a recession in Australia in 2014. Normally, I would dismiss this like I do the constant 'we're in recession' cries of my barber, my butcher ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... Street gains on optimism the looming "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax rises and spending cuts threatening the US with recession can be avoided. At 0643 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 14 points at 4,465. In economic ...

Euro endurance is lesser of two evils

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... year alone. Furthermore, the effect of contagion could see the far stronger economies of northern Europe dragged into recession. McMahon says that Germany had more than US$300 billion of exposure to Spain and Ireland alone at the end of 2011. While the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... presidency, will probably need 17 billion euros ($A21 billion) in international aid to rescue its struggling economy, hit by recession and the Greek debt crisis. The benchmark FTSE 100 index climbed 0.68 per cent on Thursday to 5,791.03 points in London ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... presidency, will probably need 17 billion euros ($A21 billion) in international aid to rescue its struggling economy, hit by recession and the Greek debt crisis. The benchmark FTSE 100 index climbed 0.68 per cent on Thursday to close at 5,791.03 points ...

Aging and deleveraging impact long-term growth: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... this scenario means the global economy is likely to face a prolonged period of volatile growth with higher risks of recession. Interest rates will remain at unprecedentedly low levels in the US, UK and eurozone with a sustainable recovery not possible ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... end of the day." Should they come into effect, the tax hikes and spending cuts are expected to push the US back into recession with a significant knock-on impact on the global economy. Making news domestically on Monday, department store chain David ...

Final hour fiscal cliff verdict will be reached: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... and tax increases due to come into effect in the US next year are predicted to push the world's largest economy into recession. Gianluca Moretti, senior research analyst at UBS, says that US Treasury would freeze public sector wages and delay some payments. ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... can agree on a long-term debt reduction plan. The tax hikes and spending cuts are expected to push the US back into recession with a significant knock-on impact on the global economy. Locally, metals and minerals stocks were the best-performing sector ...