LONDON: The Bank of England on Thursday is expected to call an end to its radical policy of pumping out new money after Britain narrowly emerged from recession in the fourth quarter of 2009, analysts said.
Most economists also predict that the central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will leave its key interest rate unchanged at [...]

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Think the TARP tax rocked the market? That doesn’t compare to the next possible jolt it may get.
But don’t panic –  this jolt should be bullish and take the market higher.
Now make no mistake – this is strictly chatter from the forex markets and they’re “the Wild West,” explains top trader Brian Kelly of Kanundrum. A [...]

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Fresh worries are emerging that prices of commodities, including energy, could nip incipient growth in the bud.
INVESTORS and speculators are shrugging off the generally muted expectations of economic growth among economists, and betting on a further upturn in prices of commodities. Underlying this optimism is a benign view of global economic growth that may well [...]

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BEIJING: China ordered vigilance against foreign “hot money” flows and speculative real estate investment on Sunday in its latest expression of concern over a surging property market.
The order issued by the State Council, or Cabinet, called on authorities nationwide to take a range of measures to “promote the stable and healthy development of the real [...]

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According to market watchers, they expect to see year-on-year gains of 10 to 20% in these sectors.
Climate change is one key factor that is expected to keep money flowing into the commodities markets.
Some market watchers said with continually evolving weather patterns, soft commodities such as corn and palm are seeing more upward investment potential.
“When it [...]

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IT has been a year of “free money”. Well, almost, especially so in developed countries such as the United States and Japan, where interest rates have sunk to near zero levels over the past one year.
In most other countries, including Malaysia, interest rates are nowhere near zero, but they have been hovering at their historical [...]

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EVERYONE said 2009 was going to be bad for stocks. But hey, on average, the regional markets have gone up 60% year to date. Investors who had been pessimistic have missed out, but is there a still a chance for them to make the same kind of profits?
With the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite [...]

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By Aditya Suharmoko, The Jakarta Post, 30 Dec 2009
Full-year inflation will most likely reach the lowest level in a decade as demand slows down due to the delayed negative impacts of the global economic downturn, but the Finance Ministry warns it may pick up next year along with a predicted rise in key commodity prices.
“I’m [...]

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A historic economic crisis has left Americans with plenty of things to worry about. But is inflation one of them? And is there a risk that fretting over higher prices may actually bring them about?
The answers to these questions will help define the timing of the Federal Reserve’s pullback from an unprecedented level of monetary [...]

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In a report entitled “Worst-case debt scenario”, the bank’s asset team said state rescue packages over the last year have merely transferred private liabilities onto sagging sovereign shoulders, creating a fresh set of problems.
Overall debt is still far too high in almost all rich economies as a share of GDP (350pc in the US), whether public [...]

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