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Economics

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
The Australian market has received mixed, flat leads from offshore trade over the weekend, with US markets subdued following the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
The Australian share market was firmer to noon as higher metals prices buoyed local resource stocks.

Me too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
There'll be big trouble in little Aussieland!

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
The Australian market has received positive leads from European trading overnight, but the most powerful influence on the day's trade, Wall Street, was closed for Thanksgiving.

Market Wrap - Mid Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
The Australian share market opened 0.4 per cent higher, pushed up by materials and financials stocks after a positive lead from Wall Street.

China, Russia dump USD for bilateral trade

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
China and Russia will cease using the US dollar as the basis of their intercountry trade in reaction to the greenback's instability and sliding relevance.

Better than a Thanksgiving turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
Higher income, higher spending, higher confidence... looks like the US economy is heading in the right direction to me.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving overwhelmingly positive leads from offshore trading overnight.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
The Australian stock market was lower at noon as investors worried about debt issues in Europe and tensions on the Korean peninsula.

When everything went wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
As Mr. Murphy famously said, "If something can go wrong, it will!" It sure the heck did over the past 24 hours.