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Funny Mae, Froggy Mac

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... harmful to economic growth and job creation. That is why we have taken these actions." With these statement, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced the 'de facto'nationalisation of the country's two mortgage giants - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. ...

Market Jitters Redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... the US Treasury. The US Treasury announced a pre-emptive plan to support both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. US Treasury Secretary Paulson noted that the plan is currently not needed but it is important to maintain confidence and stability of the GSEs who ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... responsible for a two per cent tumble on Wall Street on Wednesday. Nervous investors found no relief in US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's reassurances Thursday that the two groups were "adequately capitalised" in the face of a "challenging period." ...

US regulation review models Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... Report. Central to the proposed reforms that seem to suggest Australia has become somewhat of a global model, US Treasury secretary Henry M Paulson Jr said they would introduce a tri-partite model that focuses on having a system stability regulator ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
... blue-chips fell as investors locked in profits in recent high-fliers like telecoms firms, with many eyeing the US Treasury Secretary's Beijing visit for the outlook for the yuan. The benchmark Hang Seng index ended down one per cent, or 188.98 points ...

Market Wrap

... senior currency strategist at the Bank of New York, said Greenspan had "effectively endorsed" the view of US Treasury Secretary Snow that the decline in the dollar is not an immediate concern since it has not been disorderly. In addition, Greenspan repeated ...

Afternoon market wrap: Local shares close higher

... after sliding to $US0.7030 overnight as the US dollar returned to strength. In addition to US GDP figures, US Treasury secretary John Snow is due to testify to Congress on international economic and exchange rate policies, and both were expected to determine ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar weak waiting for US GDP results

... Horner said the currency looked like remaining relatively quiet ahead of tonight's data and testimony from US Treasury secretary John Snow to Congress. He is expected to testify about the US dollar and its recent downwards path. ANZ senior currency strategist ...

Morning Market Wrap: Soft start

... weaker today after a quiet night where nervous markets awaited United States growth data and a statement from US Treasury Secretary John Snow. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7037/42 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7054/59. ...

Strong business investment to peak by mid-2004: Westpac economist

... services and in the manufacturing industry. He was also referring to the statements made by John Snow, the US Treasury Secretary, that the US economy is heading for a boom and how that would impact the Australian economy. He also said that the Australian ...