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Eric Johnston is an associate editor of The Australian. He has more than 25 years experience as a finance journalist, including a former business editor of The Australian. He has been business editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and financial services editor with The Australian Financial Review. His work has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal.

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Wall Street Journal

A man walks by an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. Asian stock markets were mostly lower Wednesday as data from both China and Japan pointed to continued weakness in the world's second and third-largest economies. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 2.5 percent to 17,377.40 after a government survey showed a deterioration in business sentiment in the current quarter, especially among smaller companies. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Markets rocky as China wobbles

GLOBAL markets remained stuck in a volatility trap yesterday after a wild 48 hours marked by heavy losses from China to Europe.

David Rogers

Business Spectator

Modest tweaks a tribute to the system

ANYONE looking for big and bold proposals for reform to emanate from the Financial System Inquiry would have been disappointed.

STEPHEN BARTHOLOMEUSZ

John Durie

Banks spared with focus on nest eggs

DAVID MURRAY has laid down an impressive blueprint for a more competitive banking system.

John Durie

Business

Westpac economist Bill Evans speaking Convention centre Pic Glenn Barnes

Evans tips February rate cut

THE economist who correctly picked the timing of the Reserve Bank’s last interest rate cutting cycle has tipped a further two cuts next year.

VICTORIA THIEBERGER

Markets

Share market investors at the Australian Stock Exchange. Sharemarket.

Stocks savaged in $30bn wipeout

THE sharemarket faces a tough time clawing back from yesterday’s $30 billion rout, and analysts expect protracted weakness in commodity prices.

David Rogers

Business

S&P backing macro-prudential tools

RATINGS agency Standard & Poor’s says Australia’s banks could benefit from the introduction of macro-prudential measures.

Companies

Ad firm oOh!media cuts float size

ADVERTISING company oOh! Media has cut its initial public offering price by more than 20 per cent.

GRETCHEN FRIEMANN AND MAGGIE LU YUEYANG

Markets

All eyes on Medibank amid high demand

MEDIBANK Private will be on everyone’s watch list when it lists at midday.

David Rogers

Business Spectator

09/05/2005 PIRATE: Pedestrians walk past the bull statue on Wall Street in the financial district of New York. Pic: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News. Statues. Wall St.

SMSF investors turn to bonds

AUSTRALIANS are generally not as interested in bonds as they are in shares. However, this is beginning to change.

James Dunn

Aviation

Sydney Airport chief executive Kerrie Mather says there's plenty of room at Mascot. Picture: Amos Aikman

Chinese influx to beat Kiwis

THE number of Chinese travellers coming through Sydney Airport will soon overtake those from New Zealand.

Steve Creedy

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