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Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... screens. Schools were closed, flights were cancelled, power was disrupted and... Janet's testimony to the Senate Banking Committee was postponed. Deym, I won't get to hear Chairman Yellen repeat her reiteration of Fed policy. While rationally rationale ...

QE according to Yellen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... respectively - on this day, the day Yellen voiced out her thoughts at her confirmation hearing before the US Senate Banking Committee...but those small gains brought these benchmarks to new record highs. And why the heck not? Unlike the outgoing Fed ...

Obama expected to pick Yellen as US Fed chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... adviser Lawrence Summers, withdrew from consideration amid mounting opposition from Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee - reinforced by his close association with Obamacare, the Frank-Dodd reforms and the post-GFC auto stimulus. US Senator Charles ...

A prince, a princess or a frog?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... word for any nuances when he testifies before the House Financial Services Committee later today and the Senate Banking Committee the day after. Will Bernanke merely replay a tape of what he said last week? That, "The overall message is accommodation...a ...

Three and a half men

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... by Bernanke's upbeat assessment on the economy and little concern over inflation." Big Ben told the US Senate Banking Committee that he's not perturbed about the recent spike in oil prices and inflation. "The most likely outcome is that the recent rise ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... half-yearly testimony to Congress on monetary policy, but quickly headed south as he began to address the Senate Banking Committee. "The economic outlook remains unusually uncertain," the Fed chief told lawmakers. The central bank remained "prepared ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... more stimulus to the US economy. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is due to speak before the US Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday (US time).

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... additional stimulus to the US economy. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke was due to speak before the US Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday (US time). The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 75.53, or 0.74 per cent, at 10,229.96 points. The ...

Instos lobby for Main Street

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... experts have banded together to offer lawmakers a list of "do's and don'ts" in governance reforms as the Senate Banking Committee mulls over a bill by chairman Christopher Dodd to plug regulatory gaps exposed by the GFC. The group, led by the Council ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... Standard & Poor's 500 index ended virtually flat, up 0.52 point (0.05 per cent), to settle at 1,150.51. Senate banking committee chairman Christopher Dodd outlined plans to regulate the massive US banking sector, warning an overhaul was needed to prevent ...