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15 April 2016 • By Tim Stewart • 1 min read

China unlikely to devalue again: William Blair

Contrary to “conventional wisdom”, William Blair is long the Chinese yuan and does not expect to see any further devaluation or manipulation of the ...

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Moody’s sounds warning on federal budget

Treasurer Scott Morrison’s refusal to raise revenues in the federal budget will make it difficult for Australia to balance its budget, amounting to ...

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IMF downgrades global growth to 3.2%

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its baseline projection for global growth to a “modest” 3.2 per cent in 2016. In its latest ...

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Pimco takes aim at BoJ's ‘effectiveness’

The Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) negative interest rate policy is creating an “adverse market reaction” that is serving to tighten financial conditions in ...

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Don’t delay banking reforms, says COBA

Reforms to the banking sector as recommended by the Financial System Inquiry must be pushed through immediately, says the Customer Owned Banking ...

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‘Sharing economy’ growing 140% per year

Australia’s sharing economy is growing by approximately 140 per cent annually, with large firms already seeing a positive impact on their businesses, ...

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Consumer sentiment records ‘disappointing’ dip

Westpac's consumer sentiment index fell by 4 per cent over the past month – a surprise result that has “dashed” hopes that sentiment was about to head ...

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Negativity reigns in equity markets: Instreet

Investors are finding it difficult to “shake off prevailing negativity” associated with equity markets, despite signs of improvement, says Instreet ...

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Central banks driving market volatility: UBS

Investment markets and central banks are locked in a highly volatile “reflexive feedback loop”, with each one perpetually reacting to the other, ...

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Non-mining recovery ‘accelerating’: NAB

Australian business conditions have increased to their highest levels since early 2008, signalling the recovery in the non-mining economy remains on ...

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