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Economics

Euro - another experiment doomed to fail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
Like the European exchange rate mechanism (ERM) - and other unifying experiments before that - the euro will be another failed experiment.

Market set to open higher

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher as international markets await the impact of Greece's breakdown in its debt bailout talks.

Market down at midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
Australian stocks were getting punished in early trading with a surprisingly heavy market fall of about 1.7 per cent.

Fedcident waiting to happen?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
What remains unknown though is the financial markets' reaction to lift-off. The risk of a Fedcident couldn't be discounted.

Shares lower on Greece worries

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
The Australian share market has opened lower as cautious traders await news from Greece.

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
Optimism over reports that Greece and its creditors are close to hammering a deal on 22 June overshadowed renewed tensions between the 'West' and Russia.

Market to open lower

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following falls in overseas stocks.

The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
This is where the Fed finds itself among the Greeks. It's doing a Sissyphus - the Greek king punished to roll a rock up a hill to see it roll back down again and again... and again... forevermore.

Graccident averted (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Never mind game theory, the performance of the financial markets alone over the past few weeks provides parties at the opposite sides of the negotiating table with the motivation to turn this deal hope into deal reality.

Plus ca change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
Is this a give-away or is this a give-away? The ECB blinks...again.