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Economics

Oil sours economic rally

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
A recently released PricewaterhouseCoopers survey reveals that senior executives have replaced terrorism with risk of energy supply as a primary concern in 2008.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on a positive lead from Wall St and higher commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was up 76 points at 5,619.

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
The Australian share market remained firmly in positive territory at noon, boosted by financial stocks, in light trading as cautious investor stayed on the sidelines.

Asia's de-coupling is on track

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
Despite a 25 per cent drop in the MSCI Emerging Asia Index since last October, there's growing evidence that the region has de-coupled sufficiently from the US economy not to follow it into what could be a deeper recession than 2001.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US markets staged a recovery in late trading. At 0816 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was up 91 points at 5,470.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
Australian stocks have recovered considerably from yesterday's alarming global market slump, boosted by a surprise, emergency 75 basis points interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve.

China's investor confidence crisis

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
Following a decade-long bear market that led to a huge sell-off in the 1990s, China's investors have experienced spectacular stock gains since the wave of partial privatisations two years ago.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open significantly higher today despite a negative lead on Wall St after the local market yesterday posted its biggest single day fall in over 10 years.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
The Australian share market had plunged deeper into the red at noon, amid concerns of a US recession and its likely impact on global growth.

What US recession?

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
Fears about the US economy plunging into recession have been overstated, overplayed, and blown out of proportion - but the outlook for 2008 still looks fairly benign, according to economists from Lehman Brothers.