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When?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... March meeting to April's were it not for the five and half hour time lag between the publication of the first quarter 2015 US GDP report (released at 830AM) and its statement (2PM). The FOMC saw that it wasn't good. US real GDP slowed to a mere 0.2% ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... latest index was the lowest seen since April of last year and represents a disappointing start to the second quarter. After GDP rose 0.4% in the final quarter of last year, PMI data so far this year have signalled a weakening in the pace of expansion ...

Mining capex in a hole

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
The outlook for capital expenditure adding to Australia's GDP from anywhere outside of mining is "abysmal" according to BlackRock investment strategist and head of fixed income, Steve Miller. At a recent media briefing detailing BlackRock's global investment ...

China's deflation limited says ANZ boss

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... Asia has never been more important," Smith said. "Today the scale of the Chinese economy is such that even at a 7% growth, GDP is growing by almost 50% of the total Australian economy, every year." Smith is forecasting that as financial liberalisation ...

Now for Australia's debt surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... trouble. Australians all, let's not rejoice for the bad news is piling up on us... one after the other. There's slowing China - GDP decelerated to 7.0% in the first quarter from 7.4% in 2014 - and is pushing the price of our number one export, iron ore ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... resources sector was benefiting from higher iron ore and oil prices. Lennox said afternoon trade would largely depend upon Chinese GDP and production figures. Official figures out of China just after noon AEST showed that its economy expanded seven per ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... imports in the year to March. Mr K'Nell said many investors were likely to sit on the sidelines until the release of Chinese GDP figures and Australian unemployment figures later in the week. In the resources sector at 1019 AEST, global miner BHP Billiton ...

China's trade trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... wouldn't like it. It's looking like even his lowered 7.0% growth target is at now risk. Net exports, after all, feeds into GDP. We'll find out tomorrow how the China's economy tracked in the first quarter. China's in trouble now. Australia's in trouble ...

Floating in money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... regions were overly optimistic: The WEO forecasts overestimated output and underestimated inflation. The WEO forecasts for real GDP growth for Africa and inflation for the Western Hemisphere demonstrate this bias most clearly." I'm in no way poo-poohing ...

Even simple funds pose risks: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... said. According to the IMF, the asset management industry manages over $75 trillion assets globally and exceeds 100% of world GDP. The IMF will release further work from the Global Financial Stability Report on April 15.