Global Financial Crisis
New global financial crisis alert
Peter Martin The task of avoiding another global financial crisis is 'enormous', a global banking organisation has warned.
Global Financial Crisis II: maybe it's not coming to an economy near you after all
Malcolm Maiden Wall Street shares have risen by between 7 per cent and 10 per cent in five trading days, depending on which share index you follow. Europe's main market index is up 8.5 per cent in the same time.
Taxpayers are the true victims of the global financial crisis
Chris Berg About two years on from the financial crisis the world looks very different to the way it seemed in the middle of the economic collapse.
Crisis has China eyeing stimulus
Peter Cai China would need to unleash a 1 trillion yuan ($A150 billion) stimulus package in the event of Greece leaving the eurozone, says the country's leading investment bank.
Global financial crisis not over yet, just delayed
Ian Verrender My, my. Was it just last week that the Treasurer stood before the nation declaring that our deficit would be reined in within three years, a neat three years earlier than originally estimated, as the...
Credit Suisse report plays down risk of mortgage crisis
Simon Johanson Australia's high house prices look more likely to slow lending growth than cause a mortgage crisis in the medium term, a Credit Suisse report suggests.
Market correction can be a chance for buyers
Rod Myer Last year the talk on everyone's lips was the resources super cycle, now things are a little less bullish.
CBA says European money markets remain open: report
Commonwealth Bank said European funding markets remained open for high-quality Australian banks although costs had risen, the AFR reports.
Australian business news digest - May 21
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Bear it out: hope on the horizon as growls get softer
The thing that kills most people in bear markets is time. They just take so long to play out, causing the deflated participants to give up and walk away.
All great bear markets must come to an end
Matthew Kidman They just take so long to play out, causing the deflated participants to give up and walk away.
ANZ's Smith sees funding market freezing-up
ANZ chief says that current volatile conditions in markets have seen wholesale funding market for Australian banks freeze again.
Shares extend loss for May to $110b
Australian shares ended a horror week in which worries about Europe's finances and a slowing Chinese economy saw investors bring the monthly loss to $110 billion.
Talented Aussies follow smart money abroad
Malcolm Maiden The question needs to be asked: Is there a way to stop the Australian brain drain?
Situation 'normal': time to put fiscal policies away
Ross Gittins In case you missed it, the secretary to the Treasury has spelt it out: with the budget's planned return to surplus next financial year, fiscal policy is being put back in the cupboard and the 'policy...
Weaker sharemarket down and falling
Businessday The sharemarket ended a horror week in which investors worried about Europe's finances.
Brain drain is more a practical reality
Malcolm Maiden Today's detailed look by Good Weekend magazine at the emergence of a large, interconnected community of Australian information technology entrepreneurs on the US west coast raises the inevitable...
All things normal with lead role for monetary policy
Ross Gittins In case you missed it, the secretary to the Treasury has spelt it out: with the budget's planned return to surplus next financial year, fiscal policy is being put back in the cupboard and the...
Locals brace for final act of Greek tragedy
Hard as it is to believe, there was a time many Australians were drawn to Greece for its work opportunities.
Eurozone's storms to unsettle trade winds
Clancy Yeates There was a time when many Australians were drawn to Greece for the work opportunities.
