China and Emerging Markets

Each Christmas CommSec speculates on what the new year might bring.

It was a quiet Monday on Wall Street as investors await a series of events on Tuesday including the Fed rate decision. The Dow gave up 65 points.

Simply awful is probably the best way to describe the data that are being released in China these days.

Predictions for 2009 are flowing in and DBS joins the queue in downgrading its outlook and forecasts for the Asian region.

The US dollar accelerated its fall last night as Wall Street decided to bank profits on commodity names. The Dow fell 200.

For the first time in seven years Chinese exports have fallen raising serious questions about the country’s real economic prospects through this recession.

Weekly musings from your editor. The greatest wisdom on earth plus the most bearish assessment thus far. (Both not mine).

ANZ has lowered its growth outlook for Asia for the coming year, with the South-East better placed at present than the North-East.

Weak economic data across the globe extinguished a week of rallies last night sending the Dow down nearly 700 points.

The latest survey of Chinese manufacturing conditions by CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets shows a further decline, reflecting both a weak economic environment and soft demand.