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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... concerns of political gridlock in Washington with a "fiscal cliff" approaching that could tip the country back into recession. But Chinese data on Friday showing inflation at a new three-year low provided some hope, giving authorities more room to loosen ...

Political punch trading greatest risk to US economy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... $1.1 trillion federal budget deficit and the looming spending cuts and tax hikes threatening to push the US back into recession. "These changes are clearly the last thing needed at a time when confidence is fragile, and the green shoots of a recovery ...

Market Wrap early AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... Madrid, the IBEX 35 index dived 1.89 per cent to 7,818.6 points after official data showed the number of job seekers in recession-struck Spain soared in October to the highest level for at least 16 years. Eyes are on the world's two biggest economies ...

Push... pussshh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012

Financial services outstrip mining: CommSec

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... "There's an awful lot to be positive about," he said. "Inflation is around 2%, unemployment is just 5%, there hasn't been a recession for 21 years and Australian businesses are delivering real wage growth. "These are figures that the Reserve Bank called ...

More young Americans worried about retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... noted that the reason for the heightened fears of retirement income sufficiency is falling net wealth due the Great Recession (as the GFC is often referred to in the US). "The median net worth of this group has fallen at a far greater rate than for any ...

QE3, OMT, APP equals D-U-D?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... stock markets posted mixed results but the pound gained ground after data showed Britain has marched smartly out of recession, news that offset a sharp drop in profit at Spanish banking giant Santander. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies closed ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... Wall Street and European stocks sank on fears over debt-stricken Spain after its central bank predicted a worsening recession, and on continued US corporate earnings disappointment. At 0805 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract ...

UK becoming OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012