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Corporate spending the catalyst for global markets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... 2013, Milligan says it remains worrying that analysts are still forecasting 10% per annum earnings growth. If the world economy remains as sluggish as IMF forecasts expect, he continued, then companies may find it difficult to meet such expectations. ...

RBA says its ok

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
"At today's meeting, with prices data slightly higher than expected and recent information on the world economy slightly more positive, the Board judged that the stance of monetary policy was appropriate for the time being." This was how the Reserve ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... share market has opened lower as investors consider the impact of the massive storm in the United States on the world economy. At 1036 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 33.4 points, or 0.74 per cent, at 4,483.6 points, while the ...

Australia leads in global median wealth

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... which makes up two thirds of the world's middle class of emerging consumers, remains the key growth engine of the world economy and global wealth," said de Ferrari. Other key findings within the report include: Australia (US$194,000) again tops the table ...

Woe R'Us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... economic growth (no recession in a generation and reports are that Aussieland will overtake Spain as the 12th largest world economy this quarter and behind only Norway and Switzerland in terms of per capita GDP), employment, fiscal balance, scope for ...

IMF - It Means Fun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... when it released its latest World Economic Outlook where it lowered its 2012 and 2013 growth projections for the world economy. You cry "woe", I say "yay!". This is because my tracking of the IMF's forecasts and statements and warnings show that it's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... season coming up, dealers were taking a cautious approach, while a cut in growth forecasts for the regional and world economy by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) also weighed on markets. Sydney rose 0.52 per cent, or 23.4 points, to close at 4,505.3 ...

Time to buy the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... growth in America. You want more? Yes, there's one more. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) now thinks that the world economy will grow 3.3% this year and 3.6% in 2013 - down from its July forecasts of 3.5% for 2012 and 3.9% next year. It lowered ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... the Housing Industry of Australia releases its new home sales figures for August. NEW YORK - Mixed signals on the world economy tugged on major stock indexes. The largest US fertiliser company, Mosaic, said weak demand from China and India have hurt ...

ILB protect fixed-income: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... exposure," said Renoncourt. But just because is trending now doesn't mean it will stay this way especially when the world economy begins its invetible recovery. Geoff Pidgeon, head of global investments, HSBC Bank Australia, said that in almost every ...