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Economics

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
The share market has opened slightly lower despite a strong lead from Wall Street and a better than expected profit from ANZ.

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
Maybe, just maybe... these improving stats, and the Fed's soothing words, would dissuade those who want to go away this May.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
The Australian market looks set to follow Wall Street higher, with the Dow Jones reaching a new record after the Federal Reserve said the US economy was picking up after a winter slowdown.

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
The share market is slightly down again after Tuesday's fall ended a seven-day winning streak.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's gains on mixed economic data and corporate earnings as a two-day US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting got underway.

The music's still playing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
Goldilocks is back. The US economy is not too hot, not too cold.

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
The Australian share market is again higher, continuing the gains of the last seven consecutive trading days.

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to follow Wall Street's lead and open higher as investors absorb new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine.

Japan's 1997 deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
Needless to say, the closer 'Abenomics" and the BOJ gets to achieving their aim of 2.0% inflation, the more real wages fall - not a good portent for spending and by extension, the economy.

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
The share market has made a steady start to the week as renewed concern over tensions in Ukraine weighs on global markets.