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Significant drop in charitable giving

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
... suggests that late 2020 may have marked the turning point for a recovery in giving with strong donations toward the Good Friday Appeal in Victoria this year." Sarah Patterson, chief executive of not-for-profit community legal centre Midlas, shared how ...

Chief economist update: China is back on track

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... banks. So much so that when the Chinese Politburo met and reviewed the economy's first quarter performance on Good Friday, it was good. Unlike in previous Politburo tete-a-tete, the latest statement no longer mentioned "stabilising employment, finance ...

Trump is heaven's gift to central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... you wish for... No Virginia, except for Putin, the majority of world leaders didn't wish for Trump. So far away from Good Friday, they would have crucified US presidential "candidate" Donald Trump (if that was legal). In mid-January, the British Parliament ...

Bouncy bouncy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
Thank goodness for small mercies. Good Friday came a bit early for me after one gentle reader crucified me and my take on Dr. Marc Faber's uber bearish prediction that a "1987-style crash" is nigh... again! Read all about my early crucifixion here ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... and Santos six cents lower at $12.60. Mr Heffernan said the upcoming Easter break - local markets will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday - was keeping activity subdued. "I think a lot of clients are getting ready to go on holidays over the Easter ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... Street got its first chance to react to the government's labour data, released when the US markets were closed for Good Friday. The government reported the economy created a meagre 120,000 jobs in March, well below analyst forecasts of 200,000. Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... Street got its first chance to react to the government's labour data, released when the US markets were closed for Good Friday. The government reported the economy created a meagre 120,000 jobs in March, well below analyst forecasts of 200,000. The Dow ...

Easter egg hunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... the US non-farm payrolls report coming in well... short of expectations. Had the Street been opened for business on Good Friday, I'm pretty sure that the knee-jerk reaction would be to sell share holdings. But the long weekend break gave investors, speculators ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... 46.48 points (0.43 per cent) to 10,973.55, extending Thursday's solid gains. The market was closed Friday to mark Good Friday ahead of the Easter weekend. The tech-rich Nasdaq composite climbed 26.95 points (1.12 per cent) to 2,429.53 and the broad-market ...

Bad news on Good Friday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2010
... verdict of course is that one single number contained in the US Non-farm Payrolls report that will be revealed on Good Friday. The majority expects the stats to show that some 200K jobs were created in March. This is well and good but... not when you ...
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