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Gargantuan stimulus needed to survive economic disaster

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
Economic experts are calling on the government to commit to "gargantuan" fiscal stimulus measures, amounting to at least 15-20% of Australia's GDP per year for the next two to three years. Anything less, they argue, will run the risk of a debt-default ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
Australian shares are weaker as uncertainty about US stimulus measures hit Wall Street and local resource stocks. IG market analyst Stan Shamu said the local market opened 0.85 per cent weaker, following a 1.47 per cent slide on the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... market has opened higher following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's reassurances on the tapering of US stimulus measures. In his testimony to Congress, Dr Bernanke said the Fed would likely scale back its $US85 billion-a-month bond-buying program ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... year, but the final week of 2012/13 proved a roller coaster ride as global markets worried about an end to US stimulus measures. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index on Friday was down 8.7 points, or 0.18 per cent, at 4,802.6 points, while the broader All ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... In Australia, the market on Thursday suffered its worst loss in a day since February amid jitters over the US stimulus measures and weaker-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data. The major ASX 200 and All Ordinaries index closed more than two per cent ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... The Australian market looks set to open lower after a global sell-off over concern about a possible end to US stimulus measures and as data showed slumping business activity across the eurozone. At 0830 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... Monday. HONG KONG - Asian shares are widely up, led by a sharp rise in Hong Kong, amid hopes of Chinese and US stimulus measures ahead of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke appearing before the US congress. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... Monday. HONG KONG - Asian shares are widely up, led by a sharp rise in Hong Kong, amid hopes of Chinese and US stimulus measures ahead of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke appearing before the US congress. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index on ...

Waiting to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
Look ma, Uncle Ben's coming bearing more funny money tomorrow! More free money whoopee! Wall Street rose last night salivating over expectations that tonight's meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) would conclude with a kinder surprise ...
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