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Economic round-up: Greenspan versus the poet

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
... agency. China's economy has grown over 10 per cent for five straight quarters and according to the customs bureau, its trade surplus blew-out expectations expanding by 73 per cent in May to US$22.45 billion. This is driving asset bubbles and raising ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
... number of jobs advertised is now 221,000 which is just under 25 per cent more than this time last year. The Chinese trade surplus has narrowed significantly in March to $US6.9 billion after the $US23.8 billion recorded in February. The 7 per cent rise ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
... the tide of cheap Chinese goods flooding the American market which now is the major source of the record Chinese trade surplus. The unpopular response of China was to tie their currency to a basket of currencies as opposed to pegging it to the $US.

Daily economic round-up

... The February surplus of $23.8 billion was nearly tenfold that of a year earlier and if this continues the record trade surplus of last year of $US177.5 billion looks to again be under threat. The Japanese economy has expanded at its fastest rate for ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
... Australian and US experience where the savings rates of consumers have become increasingly negative for some time. The trade surplus for China has increased by about 80 per cent this year to about $US180 billion and the country now has the largest foreign ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
... graduates coming out of universities of migrants coming from overseas. China has recorded a massive $US134 billion trade surplus for the first 10 months of this year which is about thirty per cent higher than the whole of last year which was itself about ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
... at universities announced in July, an extra 500 have just been added. China has just recorded its second biggest trade surplus which was a massive $US110 billion up until the end of September. The month on month gap nevertheless narrowed from $US18.8 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
... the latest data revealing that exports grew by 17.7 per cent as car exports grew by 23 per cent. The year on year trade surplus has increased by 96 per cent to $2.3 billion. This has occurred at a time when imports rose by about 16 per cent and amidst ...

Daily economic report

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
... to the lowest point for more than a decade and the number of new permits fell to a three year low. In China the trade surplus reached US$14.6 billion in July which tipped the $14.5 billion of June. China's trade surplus increased threefold in 2005 to ...

Emerging markets more attractive than ever: Templeton

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2006
Emerging markets volatility is a "healthy correction" and not an indicator of underlying problems, according to Templeton Asset Management, with the fundamentals of the sector continuing to strengthen. A part of Franklin Templeton Investments, Templeton ...