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China boom or bust or neither?

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Key points Further tightening in China is likely to ensure that inflation expectations remain under control and to mop up capital inflows flowing from US quantitative easing and Chinese resistance

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12 Nov 2010

Weekly market & economic update – 12 November 2010

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Headline developments of the past week Shares, commodities and commodity currencies like the Australian dollar have had a tough week partly on renewed European debt concerns and worries that further

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12 Nov 2010

Weekly market & economic update: 5 November 2010

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Headline developments of the past week The contrast in global central banks was stark over the past week with those in weak countries such as the US, Japan and Europe

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05 Nov 2010

Weekly market & economic update: 29 October 2010

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Headline developments of the past week US GDP grew an annualised 2% in the September quarter, which was right in line with market expectations. Clearly the US economy has not

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29 Oct 2010

The new age of consumer thrift

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Key points The GFC has ushered in a period of more cautious consumers in the US and to a lesser extent in Australia. Household savings rates are likely to be

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28 Oct 2010

Weekly market & economic update – 22 October 2010

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Headline developments of the past week The focus over the past week was on China which undertook a surprise 0.25% increase in benchmark lending and deposit rates. This caused a

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22 Oct 2010

Weekly Market & Economic Update, 15 October 2010

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Headline developments of the past week After 28 years in the dogbox on the back of falling commodity prices and poor economic management the Australian dollar spiked above parity against

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15 Oct 2010

Weekly market & economic update Friday 08 October 2010

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Headline developments of the past week The Reserve Bank of Australia surprised many by leaving interest rates on hold, but it made it quite clear that it retains a tightening

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08 Oct 2010

Weekly market and economic update – 01 October 2010

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Headline developments of the past week Concerns about problems in Europe returned to the fore over the last week with Moody’s downgrading Spain’s credit rating, ongoing issues regarding Irish banks,

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01 Oct 2010

Weekly market & economic update

From Shane Oliver - AMP chief economist

Headline developments of the past week While the risk of a double dip back into recession may be waning, the prospect of sub-par growth in key developed countries suggests that

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