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Economics

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
The Australian share market has opened almost one per cent lower amid renewed worries over government debt in Europe re-emerge.

Digging dirt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
Europe's back in the headlines and suddenly headlines are back digging all the big, bad news that's out there.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street finished the week down around one per cent.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The Australian share market has opened lower, despite a positive lead from Wall Street.

Bad news? Where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
If this current bout of market optimism prevails, markets will be getting what they're asking for.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's positive lead after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke gave a gloomy assessment of the US economy.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
The Australian sharemarket has opened more than 1% higher following positive leads from overseas and a rebound in the local resources sector.

The twain could not meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
Corporate earnings need an expanding economy to be strong. Fed intervention needs the opposite - a deteriorating one.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
The Australian stock market looks set to open higher following strong gains on Wall Street and European bourses overnight amid upbeat US earnings reports and after a Federal Reserve report said the world's largest economy continued to grow, at least ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
The Australian sharemarket has held on to Tuesday's gains after Wall Street closed higher overnight.