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Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... investors. Shanghai dealers were little moved by the Chinese central bank's announcement that it would "fine-tune" monetary policy, raising hopes that credit restrictions imposed in the past year will be relaxed. In currency markets, the euro fetched ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... country's inflation had slowed sharply last month, raising the prospect that the government could start to ease monetary policy. Beijing said Wednesday that its consumer price index - a key gauge of inflation - rose 5.5 per cent year-on-year, its slowest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... was up 88 points at 4,271. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its statement on monetary policy, In equities news, Rio Tinto chairman Jan du Plessis is to address an Australian Institute of Company Directors luncheon. In ...

Shape up or ship out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... them to be the masters of their own fate free from the straightjacket of a single currency and one size fits all monetary policy.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... 19.62 points (1.61 per cent) to 1,237.90. Concluding a two-day meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee left monetary policy unchanged, saying economic growth had "strengthened somewhat" in the third quarter. The Fed "is prepared to employ its tools ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... inflation eased only slightly in September. Analysts warned the small dip would not be enough to stoke an easing of monetary policy. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares fell, rounding out a weekly slide of 2.5 per cent on the NZX 50 Index, after earnings ...

Ben calls on JMK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
... to the implications of fiscal choices for the recovery in the near term." The Fed needs fiscal support because "Monetary policy can be a powerful tool, but it is not a panacea. It is "not a game changer." In simple terms, worry about getting growth going ...

Bulls see red

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... 500 index is "highly likely it goes to 600 or below" and that, "Even if you do everything right with fiscal and monetary policy, we're still going to be in a recession through the end of this year and into next year." He announced this to the world during ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... performance by global equity markets helping the currency shrug off some weakness after the Reserve Bank's dovish monetary policy statement. LOCAL NEWS SYDNEY - The Australian dollar is more than one US cent higher on Friday, after major central banks ...

IMF just as baffled as we are

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... unprecedented monetary accommodation, direct support for the financial sector and a dose of fiscal stimulus. Now monetary policy is more constrained, banking problems will again have to be addressed, and the crisis has left behind a legacy of public ...