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EU action has done little but buy time: Aberdeen

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
The solutions the EU has implemented to combat the Eurozone sovereign crisis are only magnifying the inherent problems of the union structure, according to Aberdeen Asset Management. Paul Griffiths, global head of fixed income for Aberdeen said many ...

When optimism rains, it pours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... mo' money. No sir! Better stuff your savings under the bed. Greece will default - Portugal, Spain and Italy, maybe. The Eurozone economy will recede, and perhaps take the UK down with it. Worse, the Eurozone will implode and the single currency would ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... have risen but the euro flagged after Greece clinched a debt swap that set the stage for a second bailout to avert a new eurozone crisis. Stocks were also boosted from strong US job numbers that suggest a recovery in the world's top economy is gaining ...

Greece still matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... month's 2.6% drop. But whatever they are, they're sufficient for the ECB to revise its growth outlook - it now sees the Eurozone economy contracting by 0.1% instead of 0.3% this year before accelerating to 1.1% in 2013. This may be wishful thinking ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... markets slipped for a third straight day as dealers nervously await Greece's key debt swap while sentiment was also hit by eurozone officials saying the region was in recession. Worse-than-expected Australian growth figures also added to the glum atmosphere. ...

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... a separate interview with Bloomberg television yesterday. If it's not Greece, perhaps it's Eurostat's report that the Eurozone economy contracted by 0.3% in the fourth quarter, down from a plus 0.1% in the third. The report validated expectations that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... - European equities sank on Monday, mirroring falls across Asia after China reduced its growth target, with a dip in eurozone business activity also dampening sentiment. HONG KONG - Asian markets have slipped on news that China expects its economic growth ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... finished the week on a mixed note while the euro fell following an EU summit on the Greek debt crisis, new rules to control eurozone budgets and massive central bank funding for banks. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares dipped 0.34 per cent to ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... disruption of global oil supply". Ahh yes, downside risks and Europe. A view given credence by stats released overnight. The Eurozone's unemployment rate rose to a euro-area record of 10.7% in January; its PMI remained in contraction territory with a ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... markets rose, lifted by gains for banking shares as the European Central Bank offered up cheap loans to lenders across the eurozone, boosting the euro. "There's nothing really that should have set the market down if you look at if objectively," Mr Heffernan ...