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Economics

Fall on the Wall

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
Fed hopes faded. Could it be? Wall Street's paid notice to what I wrote yesterday?

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
The Australian share market has opened broadly flat following mixed leads from US and European markets overnight.

Fed's about to go... or not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
It's all there in black and white, the Fed's just inched closer to giving what financial markets really, really want - another hit of the QE.

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after a mixed close on Wall Street overnight.

No change - no mas, no less

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
It was more of the same - the exact same suspenseful, seemingly endless wait for policymakers to deliver what everybody and his dog have been waiting for throughout the Northern Hemisphere summer.

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite Wall Street falling into the red, unable to maintain early gains as tech stocks dragged on sentiment.

Fear for financial future reigns

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
Australian employees are more wary of job security and their future financial wellbeing than their fellow workers in recessionary countries, according to new Towers Watson research.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
The Australian share market has opened lower, pulled back by several large companies trading ex-dividend.

Sitting and waiting and still hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
"it's only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve."

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a non-descript finish on Wall Street overnight and European bourses fell after Germany and the European Central Bank dampened hopes for powerful action to fix the eurozone debt crisis.