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Move the goalpost Mark

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... glowing...and gloating. "For the first time in a long time, you don't have to be an optimist to see the glass as half full. The recovery has finally taken hold." I would have felt the same. "The economy is growing robustly as lifting uncertainty and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... Monday by strong US jobs figures and by healthy industrial production figures out of China - further evidence of a steady recovery from a slowdown earlier in the year. Tokyo ended up 1.30 per cent, or 183.04 points, at 14,269.84, Sydney closed down 0.25 ...

Prayin' for a taperin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013

Taper trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... March next year (give or take) as expected. However, this doesn't preclude it from unwinding its QE unwinding should the recovery lose its momentum after it tapers.

Victim of success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... dilemma is that while tighter policy could tame inflation, it could also slow - perhaps, even reverse -- the gathering recovery before it becomes sustainable. A dilemma no better stated by the BOE's monetary policy committee member Ben Broadbent: "We ...

Higher inflation triggered by central bank decisions

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... the delay raises the spectre of over-stimulus, which can create unexpected consequences for the global economy. "As the recovery takes hold we are going to see some side-effects of the quantitative easing experiment and once the inflation horse has bolted ...

Calendar says buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... Emerging economies can use this period to strengthen their fundamentals while at the same time allowing the fledgling recovery in developed nations to gather stronger momentum. Good news all around for the markets - equity markets, in particular. For ...

Insurers now in full recovery mode

STAFF WRITERS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... bushfires, earthquakes and tsunamis scar the Asia-Pacific region, the insurance and reinsurance industry is close to recovery. With the great majority of short-tail claims now settled, insurer capital is returning to regular levels and consequent capacity ...

Counting up and counting down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... the impression one has is that it would not be so. If it were to be protracted, it would certainly pose a risk for the recovery in the United States and the world. And this is clearly on our minds." Draghi has every right to be concerned. Despite recent ...

US real estate business launches strategy in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... management infrastructure to underpin the Australian investment offer. "We see a great opportunity for investors to access the recovery phase of the global property cycle," Snowden said. "Our investment process identifies high quality growth companies ...