Dun and Bradstreet’s national business expectations survey shows employment
expectations for the June quarter have jumped to 5 index points, up from a flat
reading for March. The June quarter result, 31 percentage points higher than a
year ago, is the strongest rebound in the 22-year history of
He made public Xstrata's 2009 profit report yesterday, which showed the scars
the financial crisis has left on commodity prices and demand. Xstrata, which
produces coal, copper, zinc and nickel in Australia, reported its attributable
profit fell 41 per cent, from $US4.69 billion ($5.4
XSTRATA chief Mick Davis believes the medium-term outlook for commodity demand
remains ''very promising''. Mr Davis (pictured below) was speaking at the
release of Xstrata's 2009 profit report, which showed scars caused by the
lingering effects of the global financial crisis on commodity
Just as markets fret and worry about the health of the global economy , and
especially countries like Greece, Italy, Spain, the UK and Japan, along
comes an optimistic report on the state of the world from a premier
international talk shop Friday saw more volatility in markets and
U.S. DOLLAR: TURNING TO LEADING INDICATORS FOR NFP EUR/USD: STRONGER ECONOMIC
DATA BRINGS REPRIEVE GBP/USD: TRADERS STILL WEARY OF BUYING GBP USD/CAD:
FLAHERTY SAYS ECONOMISTS RAISE GDP FORECASTS AUD/USD: RBA SURPRISES THE MARKET
BY LEAVING RATES
