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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... 3,212.80 points and Madrid's IBEX 35 index lost 1.89 per cent to 7,011 points as data confirmed that Spain was back in recession and Standard & Poor's downgraded the top Spanish banks. In foreign exchange deals, the euro traded for $1.3231 or the same ...

There's the good news and there's the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... Rise at Auction of 8.5 Billion-Euros of Bills France Unemployment Near 10% Cameron Braces for U.K. Confidence Shock on Recession Return And here's another from forexpros.com, "Chicago Fed Index Posts Third Straight Decline" Yet Wall Street decided to ...

Wow on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... followed a 0.3% contraction in the fourth quarter of last year. What does a back-to-back GDP contraction spell? A technical recession, that's what. Certainly, the Cameron government's spending cuts and increased taxes have something to do with this. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... provided a lead but notably London missed out on the rally after figures showed the domestic economy slumping back into recession. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies closed up just 0.16 per cent at 5718.89 points but Frankfurt, the DAX ...

No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... smooth sailing for Europe this year (or even the next). Hands up all those who thought that the Eurozone would dodge a recession or that many of its members would be able to bring down their debts and deficits substantially this year (or even the next). ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... market looks set to open lower as nervousness over the eurozone's debt crisis resurfaces following news that Italy's recession will be worse than expected and Spain's bad loan ratio is at an 18-year high. At 0808 AEST on Thursday, the June share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... debt above six per cent for the first time since late last year. Investors fear that Madrid could slip into a spiral of recession owing to the swingeing cuts it has made to reduce its public deficit. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 7.04 points, or ...

Managers up risk on improved sentiment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... landing', but these arguments appear overblown," argued Liddell. "For the time being, we're inclined to see a potential recession in Europe as a greater threat to China's long term economic prosperity, given Europe's high consumption of Chinese goods." ...

What price surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... (net exports) as X weakens. And oh, though we're still waiting for the official numbers for confirmation, Europe's in recession. G - Yes, you guessed it. This leaves G to try and reverse the direction of the current ill winds blowing Australia's way. ...

The Fed, the ECB and the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... chief economist Bill Evans, "Apart from last year's lows and the March 2008 to May 2009 period, when households feared a recession associated with the global financial crisis, we have to go all the way back to 2001... to find sustained lower reads." ...