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Economics

"Considerable time", is it a-changin'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
Speculation that the Fed would (or would not) change these two words when it delivers its monetary policy statement on Wednesday (NY time) has focussed the minds of many an investor lately and wet the pants of others.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher following a mixed session on Wall Street and large losses locally on Monday.

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
The Australian stock market is lower as news of a slowdown in Chinese industrial production and expectations the US Federal Reserve will lift interest rates weigh on investors.

Calendrically weak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
A confluence of worries - old and new -- worried Wall Street last week taking the S&P 500 index 1.1% and the Dow 0.9% lower over the past five trading days.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open lower following Friday falls on Wall Street.

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
The Australian stock market is lower as falls in the banking sector offset a better day for mining stocks.

Unbelievably beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
They were an unbelievably beautiful set of numbers that they were, well... simply unbelievable.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher despite a mixed session on Wall Street.

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
The share market has given back its early gains due to weakness from the miners, retailers and Commonwealth Bank.

Liberalise economy or prepare for war, warns economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
Governments must slash corporate, income and capital gains tax, wind back environmental reforms and break up the big banks if they want to recover from the "global depression", bestselling author and economist James G. Rickards has told superannuation ...