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Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... easing versus the Bank of Canada and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's interest rate hikes; speculation of a slowdown in China and the Chinese property market is in a bubble versus not in a bubble; emerging economies will succumb to the European crisis ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
... Hong Kong shares ended flat as a late sell-off erased earlier gains. Renewed concerns about eurozone debt offset gains in China-related banks ahead of Agricultural Bank of China's initial public offering. Moody's Investors Service late Monday cut Greece's ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... China Merchants Bank's mortgage book grew by 70% in 2009. But mortgages still amounted to only 23% of its total loans. In China's other big banks, the share is less than 20%. Loans to property developers account for another 8% or so..." And Australasia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... that China would not reverse near term recent tightening measures aimed at reining in property prices. Property prices in China's major cities rose 12.4 per cent in May from a year earlier, and followed April's record 12.8 percent jump. The Shanghai ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... of its production line workers by about 70 per cent. The move came after it last week gave its production line workers in China a 30 per cent pay rise. Chinese shares were flat, with the Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A and B shares, edging ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... Exchange fell 56.87 points to 9,711.83. HONG KONG - Hong Kong and Shanghai shares tumbled after data showed manufacturing in China eased in May, indicating a slowdown in the world's third biggest economy. The HSBC China Manufacturing PMI, or purchasing ...

True Lies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... SAFE. SAFE manages Beijing's US$2.4 trillion worth of foreign exchange reserves - the world's biggest. Like many things in China, the exact composition of its foreign exchange reserve holdings is a state secret -- reveal it and you'll be eating yum cha ...

Up, down and round and round

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... 2.7 per cent, up from 1.9 per cent in November. And contrary to popular opinion, the OECD does not expect a slowdown in China (non-member). It expects growth there to score 11 per cent this year, before slowing to 9.7 per cent in 2011. Give me a slowdown ...

Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
... -- among many we've seen over the past few months -- suggesting that the US economy is gaining traction. Strong growth in China and a recovering US economy against a burning Europe -- which one will the fountain bless?

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... one-year low as euphoria over Europe's bailout receded and worries returned about fresh moves to cool the booming economy in China. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index was down 1.37 per cent, or 280.13 points, at 20,146.51. WELLINGTON - New Zealand ...