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Can't fix what's not broken, yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... by 7.8% in February and now stands 15.2% lower than a year ago. And outside Australia, Europe's still cactus. Markit's Eurozone Manufacturing PMI dropped to 47.7 in March from 49.0 in the previous month and the unemployment rate hit a 15-year high of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... markets rebounded sharply as a solid US manufacturing survey offset poor data earlier that triggered fresh worries over the eurozone debt crisis. At the close in Europe on Monday, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies was up 1.85 per cent ...

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... amid new signs of progress in the euro zone's debt crisis..." and upward revisions to 2012 growth predictions for the Eurozone, the UK and Japan and unchanged for the US. Less than a fortnight later, even the unchanged outlook for the US economy has ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... Australian market looks set to open higher following positive data from the US and China over the weekend and news of a eurozone deal to boost the bloc's firewall against future financial crises. At 0800 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures ...

Boring same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... Nothing new. Even the latest OECD predictions predict this when it upgraded its OECD growth estimates but warned that the eurozone would struggle to grow this year. The OECD raised its outlook for the US economy and now expects growth to come in at 2.8% ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... LONDON - European stocks have closed lower, with investors hesitant after recent gains on concerns over China and the eurozone and data showed the British economy in worse shape than first thought. Dealers said the losses might reflect profit-taking ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... trade. LONDON - European stock markets fell despite sharp overnight gains in Asia and on Wall Street as concerns over the eurozone and bad news leads kept investors in check. Dealers said eurozone data continued to be strong, with a surprise rise in ...

No greed, no fear, no volume

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... updates on the US housing sector and negative forward indications provided by the drop in the flash PMI estimates for the Eurozone and China. But in spite of these alleged concerns, Wall Street finished the last trading day of the week as it started ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... to repeal government legislation that imposes tougher rules on financial planners FRANKFURT - The worst is over in the eurozone debt crisis, but risks remain and it is up to governments to resolve them, European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi says in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... a slowdown in China's economy, while oil prices edged back up after big falls in New York. Receding concerns over the eurozone debt crisis provided support for the euro, which continued its thrust upwards against the yen and greenback. Tokyo fell 0.55 ...