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Economics

World peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
Has the G-20 Summit achieved anything? I'd like to think so? if only in explicitly stating what is currently in train and perhaps an indirect way of asking the financial markets for more time for highly indebted countries to get their houses in order.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
The Australian market has received flat to mixed leads from offshore trading, with Wall Street's key indices flat, while indices were down in Europe and Asia. Precious metals traded higher, as did oil and copper.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
The Australian share market made up some ground by noon from an earlier fall following strongly negative leads from key indices in the US and Europe.

First femme PM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
Is Julia up to the task?

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
The Australian share market has received strongly negative leads from key indices overnight, although commodities markets were stronger, with precious metals, copper and oil all rising.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
The Australian sharemarket has firmed on news that Julia Gillard will be Australia's new prime minister.

Waiting to see

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
Wall Street preferred to sit on the fence last night because there'll be bigger fish to fry come the weekend. But before that, we Australians have a developing uncertainty of our own. Kevin Rudd is no longer PM. Ms. Julia Gillard becomes Australia's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
The Australian market has received flat to negative leads from overnight trading offshore. Wall Street's key indices were flat, but commodities were lower, as were European markets.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
Gold stocks provided the only bright spot on an otherwise bleak day of trade as the Australian stock market slid into the red to sit one per cent lower at noon.

To spend or not to spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
It will be interesting to see how the G-20 navigates through this dilemma. Will it opt for less debt and slower growth, or faster growth and bigger deficits?