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Sub-prime 20/20 hindsight

... imminent action from the Federal Reserve's meeting on September 18th. The median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News expect a quarter percentage point cut from the Federal Open Market Committee, which will see the benchmark rate at 5 per ...

China's GDP and CPI blowout

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
... interest rates this quarter to cool inflation and investment. That's the consensus among economists participating in Bloomberg's survey A3/4 some are even saying "today's the day."' However, according David de Garis of nabCapital research, "the recent ...

Northern Trust opens local shop

... single tower building is also home to major financial institutions including Macquarie, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Bloomberg. Michelle Baltazar

Economic round-up: Dollars and sense

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
... rose. The yield on the benchmark 10 year note fell two basis points to 6.76 per cent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Before the central banks intervention on 11 June the NZ dollar's trade weighted index, which measures the currency against ...

Economic round-up: Economists weather forecast

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... A$15.1 billion the previous quarter. These median estimates are the result of a survey of 22 economists conducted by Bloomberg News but the Bureau of Statistics will releases the actual figures tomorrow at 11:30am in Sydney. Australia is the world's ...

Taxes should not target PE: BVCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
The British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) has told Bloomberg they reject calls that additional taxation be imposed on its members just because they are private investors who use leverage. The rebuff follows reports that the British Trades Union ...

Economic round-up: Yearning for a yuan inspired Asian euro

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
... yuan without any pressure from US Treasury, but pressure is gently mounting for a single Asian currency. According to Bloomberg, the Chinese Government is considering a currency revaluation provoked by unmanageable money supply growth, a runaway stock ...

Economic round-up: Beijing tugging the reins

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
... retail investor-fest, the benchmark CSI 300 Index hiked 85 per cent to mid-May since the start of this year. According to Bloomberg the index is valued at 43 times earnings which is triple the ratio of Morgan Stanley Capitals International Emerging Markets ...

Mile high wages club to soar

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... said to have grown at a record pace in the first quarter, according to a median estimate of 25 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. If this estimate is on the mark both the quarterly and annual growth rates would be the fastest in the nine year history ...

A merger made in heaven

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... Share Company, has the voting power to block the merger if it sees fit. Regulators could also prove problematic, as Bloomberg and Thomson-Reuters together would control 67 per cent of the financial data market. However, Thomson's past success with America's ...