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FEATURE | Emerging markets: Twists and turns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... capturing significant oil fields. According to China's General Administration of Customs, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Iraq and Brazil accounted for 62% of China's crude imports in 2025. However, oil from US-sanctioned countries - Russia ...

Macquarie 'preparing for all contingencies' as conflict continues

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... it's very hard to say, the Kuwaiti person we were speaking to last night said two things about Iran. One is that with Iraq, they let that war last nine years. Secondly, their value of life is not as high as ours, because they believe life goes on. ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... weapons, technology, and services. In the eight years he was in office, starting from 2009, Obama inherited the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. He also launched airstrikes and military raids in at least seven countries - Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen ...

CPI sees greatest jump since 2000

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.1% in the March quarter and 5.1% annually - the greatest increases since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax in 2000. The growth, revealed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) yesterday, came ...

2020: Year of the fragile economy

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... 20. Markets have been shaken by the recent hostilities, including a revenge-style attack by Iran on US military bases in Iraq. Thankfully, markets rebounded overnight after Trump stated that Iran was "standing down", indicating there would be no armed ...

Chief economist update: The rise and fall of oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... the early months of the New Year on the escalation of tensions between the US and Iran after an American drone strike in Iraq on January 3 that killed Qassem Soleimani -- the head of Iran's elite Quds military force. The price of Brent oil went up ...

Rising tensions to weigh on markets: Moody's

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... tensions between the United States and Iran are not a new development the significant escalation following a US drone strike in Iraq, which killed Iranian Major General Qassem Suleimani, has caused concerns over the effect on global markets. Moody's ...

Chief economist update: Australia burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... Brexit has become less uncertain - marred by renewed war (the real war) tensions between the US and Iran. A US airstrike in Iraq on January 4 killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds military force and one of the most powerful figures ...

Women in Super: A year of accomplishments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... sued the UK Ministry of Defence for sex discrimination and failing to acknowledge her role in a hostage rescue operation in Iraq. She won the landmark case and the high-profile news story helped precipitate new laws protecting the rights of women and ...

Chief economist update: Oil to slide into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... But it is early now, things will be clearer in November" and that "they want to make sure that countries like Nigeria and Iraq reach 100% compliance first as they have promised". But even with deeper cuts and 100% compliance from all involved, the International ...
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