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In the United States, the Federal Open Market Committee will begin its two-day meeting today to decide on interest rates, while Federal Reserve chairman Ben...

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William White, former Chief Economist of the Bank for International Settlements has delivered a similar warning about credit excesses as he famously did just...

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According to World Bank president Jim Yong Kim, China is likely to achieve its growth target of 7.5% this year despite planned structural reforms to rebalance...

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Following APRA's warning to banks not to lower lending standards, the head of the Australian Bankers' Association - lobby group for the banking sector - has...

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Dr Chris Caton, Chief Economist for BT Financial Group, discusses his outlook for the US and Chinese economy - the two major influences on the Australian...

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Iconoclastic economist and Boston University professor Larry Kotlikoff, describes the US as arguably in worst fiscal shape than any other developed country

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Follow the link for a chart which shows the year-on-year change in Spanish house prices over the past decade

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A poll by Reuters overnight suggests 49/69 economists still expect the Fed to taper in its September FOMC meeting, while 55/67 view the first rise in funds...

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With volatility hitting a two-month high in the past week, Russ Koesterich, Chief Investment Strategist at BlackRock, expects both equity and bond market...

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Despite Friday's weak jobs report, economists still expect the Fed to taper its asset-purchasing program towards a windup of QE

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Investment guru Jim Rogers predicted another economic slowdown will hit the world in the next two years as quantitative easing is withdrawn

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Former World Bank economist in China, Yukon Huang, says that the primary reason for China's unbalanced growth is not financial repression but a broadly...

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Rajan enters RBI with a big bang of financial sector reforms - on his first day as new chief of Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan unveiled plans to...

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Energy analysts at Deutsche Bank are predicting a huge uptake of distributed solar PV in the US, the world's biggest electricity market

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Deutsche Bank summarises the state of the world economy in one chart - the investment bank has published a chart which shows the relative positions of the...

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Nick Griffin, the Head of International Strategy at K2 Asset Management has given his insights on the success of QE in the US and the predicted tapering of the...

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The monthly Dunn and Bradstreet Business Expectations Survey has revealed that firms remain cautious about the future in 2013

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Poll Results -a slim majority (52.2%) believe Australia is in a housing bubble

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CBA has released its view on the latest capex numbers, producing a very downbeat report on the outlook

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Tim Toohey, head of Economics, Commodities and Strategy in Australia and New Zealand has given his perspectives on the recent capex report

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