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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... Manufacturing Index for February will be released, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release Business Indicators data for the December quarter Asciano Ltd will release interim results and Credit Suisse will offer its earnings season briefing. ...

US dominoes keep falling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... with the marked decline in consumer confidence this does not augur well for household spending. Recent macroeconomic indicators suggest that the US economy slipped into recession in January." But what makes this recession different is that usually it's ...

Harvesting performance from agribusiness

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
... markets but agricultural markets are continuing to sprout new growth. According to the Commonwealth Bank February Agri indicators report, "The Agribusiness sector continues to hold up well despite the uncertainty rattling the broader market at present. ...

Wage costs jump 4.3 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... were passenger vehicles. Which is why fuel price inflation is now such a major inflation flash point. Against these indicators, statements by leaders of major unions that they have no intention of taking the pressure off wage rise calls particularly ...

World growth to drop by one-fifth, but no US recession: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... but to stay clearly above the recession red zone. Growth in western Europe is also slowing, driven down by confidence indicators which are generally deteriorating. For the Euro area, annual growth is expected to be on par with the US at 1.6 percent in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... "overweight" for the first time this decade, saying the United States has historically outperformed when leading economic indicators fall "because the speed of macro and corporate policy response is best there." LONDON - Britain's leading share index ...

When a lift in unemployment is good news

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
An economy moving to full employment has big implications for economic policy and how we should read the macro indicators. In a major speech to the NSW Economic Society this week, Dr Steven Kennedy from the Commonwealth Treasury said while the most ...

BRICs to surge as G7 slows

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
... should brace for a slowdown, albeit a moderate one, said the OECD. According to the OCED, their latest composite leading indicators (CLIs) suggest the economic growth pecking order is Brazil and China set for strong expansion, moderate expansion for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases data on International Trade in Goods and Services for October, as well as business indicators, including company profits and business inventories, for the September quarter. The Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... adviser Stuart Smith said the market had had the best lead from the US. "We have been due for a rebound... Technically my indicators have indicated a turnaround," said Mr Smith. "Once again we must remember to buy on the dips in these economic times. ...