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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... almost two per cent lower following a horror session on Wall Street, amid fears that the US may be slipping back into recession. At 1032 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 83.3 points, or 1.88 per cent, at 4,350.3 while the broader ...

S.O.S

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... that equity markets realised that the economy have stupidly stalled and now whispers, gossips and rumours of another recession is in the air. "The odds of another U.S. downturn are rising amid cutbacks in spending by consumers and the government, according ...

Now for the denominator

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
Will it or won't it? No, I'm not talking about the deal on Washington, 'no mas' -- I'm so over it. Although there are still a few that won't take my word for it - they still refuse to believe until they see the deal bill inked. There's also an equal ...

It's a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... estimated. Also, GDP revisions going back to 2003 showed that the US economy contracted by a deeper 5.1% during the recession of Q4 2007 to Q2 2009 instead of 4.1%. Consumer spending - that which accounts for 70% of the US economy - hardly budged in ...

Back to cactus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... "Noted economist Robert Shiller said Wednesday there was a "substantial" probability the U.S. could lurch again into recession." Shiller warned that "the economy right now faced a "tipping point" and "...I'm seeing signs that encourage me to worry about ...

All good but for the dollar A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... the midst of the global financial crisis in the last quarter of 2008 nor that it was the worst outcome since the last recession in 1991 shook financial markets' conviction that the domestic economy will be right, mate! This is because of three things ...

New senior port mnger for BlackRock

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... that plays out but we would tend to favour that this will be another weak patch of data rather then presaging another recession. It's too early to say whether we have seen all the damage that will be done to risk assets on the back of that or whether ...

GDP down no reason to frown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... floods should do the work, ensuring Australia does not record two consecutive contractions, generally regarded as a recession." The economy will be right. A special report on Australia by The Economist magazine is even more flattering. "Many Australians ...

NZ bank credit ratings cut, outlook stable

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... Financial Standard the downgrade reflected the pressures on New Zealand banks and the country's slow recovery from mild recession. She said there had been a decline in bank asset quality. "We don't see it improving in the near future... there's been ...

Judgment Day bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
... picture of course we have indications of slowing growth in the US and confirmation that Japan has double-dipped into recession. All the signs are there. It's so easy and simple to extrapolate these into a crash scenario - which then becomes self-fulfilling ...