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Post-Bernanke uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
... policy. Yes, now you get it. Markets hate uncertainty. Note that the Fed's policy making body, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), is comprised of 12 voting members and policy decisions and direction is arrived at through consensus. No Virginia ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... share price index futures contract was up five points at 4,873. The US central bank's June 18 and 19 Federal Open Market Committee meeting showed "about half" of the participants thought the $US85 billion a month bond buying program should be wound up ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... 1,628.93, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index tumbled 38.98 (1.12 per cent) to 3,443.20. The Federal Open Market Committee announced that it was keeping its $US85 billion-a-month bond-buying program in place, saying that unemployment remains high ...

Market higher but eyes are on US Fed

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... market is very tentative, volumes are pretty light with all this positioning ahead of the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) tonight," IG market strategist Evan Lucas told AAP. "We're up 0.4 per cent, which is following on from what we saw in the US ...

No need to fear 1994-style crash

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... because the market was effectively caught out and surprised by the [central bank's] intentions - the Federal Open Market Committee had only recently began to issue policy statements at this time," he said. "Today however, we know that the Fed places ...

Still in Goldilocks land

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... less stimulation. All eyes and ears - and fingers on the button - will be on the Fed when its US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets for a two-day policy deliberation on the 18th and 19th for clues on: Whether or not the Fed judges the economy ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... sentiment index, and a modest gain in May producer prices clouded trade. The fresh data pointed to the Federal Open Market Committee keeping its stimulus policy in place when it meets on Tuesday and Wednesday. In addition, the International Monetary ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... recovering US economy should the Fed cut back on its quantitative easing (QE) program, yet later, the Federal Open Market Committee's May minutes suggested the move had already been considered. No major economic news is expected on Friday. In equities ...

Global bond melt-down on cards: Harris Fraser

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... global investment community, according to wealth manager Harris Fraser. At its December meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee changed its target for interest rate action from the loose date of 'mid-2015' to more tangible targets of 6.5% unemployment ...

Fed decides not to decide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... with that? Hands up those who expected otherwise. Hands up I say. "Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in September suggests that economic activity has continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent months. True. A fact ...

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Super Members Council renews calls for anti-hawking extension

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