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Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... Street stocks have risen after the US Federal Reserve kept its near-zero benchmark interest rate unchanged and Chair Janet Yellen pledged a methodical approach to raising rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 31.26 points (0.17 per cent) at 17,935.74. ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... monetary policy after a weak first quarter. Although the Fed is not expected to lift interest rates on Wednesday, Chair Janet Yellen could signal a move is near. Equity markets in France and Germany rebounded despite worries over a Greek debt default ...

US data says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... reveals about the economy." This was the last iteration of "data dependent" you, I and Irene heard from Fed Chair Janet Yellen when she spoke before the Providence Chamber of Commerce in Rhode Island on the 22nd of May about well... the "actual course ...

Shares higher on US rate outlook

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said stocks were also supported by comments from US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that the Federal Funds Rate will be raised later this year, adding that the rises will be gradual. "She made it clear that ...

Market lower as Wall Street falls

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... futures contract was down nine points at 5,6732. On Friday, US stocks finished lower after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the plan to raise interest rates this year was on track. Locally on Monday, OZ Minerals and Reef Casino Trust holds its ...

Running on neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... intra-day trade before finally closing sharply unchanged. Either it doesn't know where to go next or is waiting for Chair Janet Yellen's yak tonight - who's unsure when to go. Ahh, but then she repeated and reiterated and echoed so many, many, times ...

Lies, stats and damned double seasonal adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... played in my head as soon as I read about what the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - the one that Fed Chair Janet Yellen was president of from 2004 to 2010 - just did. The San Fran Fed solved "The Puzzle of Weak First-Quarter GDP Growth"! "The ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... in the middle of the week after weaker-than-expected US economic data and a warning from US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that stock valuations were "quite high". Tokyo stocks on Thursday fell 1.23 per cent after a three-day holiday. The Nikkei ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... Street fell for a second straight session following disappointing jobs data and a warning from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on high equity valuations. Locally on Thursday, official jobs figures for April are released, and the Australian Industry ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... tighten any time soon and equities can continue to climb in the wake of this," he added. US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen also hinted in testimony to US lawmakers this week the central bank was in no hurry to raise interest rates. HONG KONG - Asian ...