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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... 87.1 billion yuan ($A13.43 billion). The market was also given support by expectations authorities may soon ease monetary policy, dealers said. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares followed the global rally in stock markets after a surprise first-quarter ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... hit 3.6 per cent in March from 3.2 per cent in February. The rise added to concerns that Beijing may not ease monetary policy as quickly or as much as previously hoped. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 7.12 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 3475.1. Within ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... hit 3.6 per cent in March from 3.2 per cent in February. The rise added to concerns that Beijing may not ease monetary policy as quickly or as much as previously hoped. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 7.12 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 3475.1. Within ...

No QE, not bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... rate most consistent with its dual mandate, the Committee expects to maintain a highly accommodative stance for monetary policy. In particular, the Committee decided today to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent and currently ...

Can't fix what's not broken, yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... environment, it becomes tougher when those you're supposed to control don't do your bidding or you are accused of setting monetary policy for only one sector of society. This vaguely reminds me of then Treasurer Peter Costello's accusation that the RBA ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned the US economy was still fragile and the bank would keep easy monetary policy in place. While his comments played down recent strong jobs growth figures, traders on Wall Street jumped on them, and the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... Street's major indices rallying after Dr Bernanke signalled the US central bank is not willing to exit its easy monetary policy until its scheduled end date in late 2014. In a speech on labour market issues, he said: "Further significant improvements ...

Where now brown cow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... Buiter - Citigroup chief economist, economics professor at the London School of Economics and ex-Bank of England monetary policy committee member - proclaiming that Spain "is now at greater risk of sovereign restructuring than ever before." Greece "will ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... Australia, the market on Tuesday finished weaker in line with Asia bourses. Locally, investors digested comments on monetary policy from the central bank amid concerns about a possible slowing of China's demand for iron ore. At the close on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... well into an upturn in the US and stocks over there have been responding to that, whereas China was tightening monetary policy until recently... and that economy is slowing," he said. "These days, we're increasingly influenced by what happens in China. ...