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Chief economist update: Don't buy a Big Mac in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... Department of Treasury has not named any of these countries as outright currency manipulators to date, the US Commerce Department has already submitted proposals (in May this year), including the application of "countervailing" import duties on countries ...

May Day mayday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... days. The "good is good" and "bad is good" meme didn't apply. The S&P 500 index fell by 0.4% the day the US Commerce Department revealed a disappointing and sharp 0.2% (annualised) slowdown in the economy in the first quarter of this year from 2.2% previously ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... cent, or 15.98 points, to 2,779.53, but Hong Kong fell 0.95 per cent, or 225.68 points, to 23,428.62. The US Commerce Department on Tuesday said construction spending rose 1.1 per cent in September, almost twice as much as expected, while industry specialist ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... Wall Street on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 63.19 points to 16,606.27 points after the US Commerce Department reported that sales of new homes rose 6.4 per cent in April.

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... 30 gained 0.20 per cent to 9,603.23 points and in Paris the CAC 40 shed 0.23 per cent to 4,487.39. The US Commerce Department said gross domestic product (GDP) rose just 0.1 per cent in the first quarter, well below the 1.0 per cent rise analysts expected. ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... March. At 0805 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down six points at 5,404. US Commerce Department data showed the nation's trade deficit for February jumped to $US42.3 billion ($A45.87 billion) from $US39.3 billion in January. ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... At 0812 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was down 25 points at 5,390. The US Commerce Department said sales from wholesalers fell 1.9 per cent in January, the biggest drop in four years. In local economic news on Wednesday ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... Microsoft's announcement that chief executive Steve Ballmer will retire within the next 12 months. The US Commerce Department's unwelcome US new-home sales report for July - sales plunged 13.4 per cent month-on-month - also proved a catalyst for the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... Wall Street where weak economic news continues to mean good news for share markets. Investors took the US Commerce Department's slashing of first-quarter economic growth projections as a sign that the Federal Reserve would keep pumping money into the ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... At 0828 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up 20 points at 4724. The US Commerce Department slashed its estimate for first-quarter growth from 2.4 per cent to 1.8 per cent and, locally, Kevin Rudd won back the Labor ...
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