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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... 21-22 were released. In those minutes, several Fed officials said that the government would have to consider new monetary policy to stimulate the economy, especially if growth remains too slow to reduce the unemployment rate. That raised hopes that more ...

Not in the mood for bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... underscored China's quiet confidence that the world's second-biggest economy is resilient enough to endure tighter monetary policy and is not threatened by the hard landing that some investors fear." And by the by, because I ran out of space yesterday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... contracts. In economics news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia publishes the minutes of the board's June monetary policy meeting at 1130 AEST. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases international merchandise imports data for May. On Monday ...

Same time last year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... that a lot of people are going to be under financial stress....We have right now a very accommodative, very easy monetary policy. We can't wait until unemployment is where we'd like it to be, we can't wait until inflation gets out of control before we ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... Wednesday, snapping a three-day losing streak, as Federal Reserve minutes showed officials are in no hurry to tighten monetary policy. The Hong Kong market had fallen to a nearly two-month closing low of 22,901.08 on Tuesday. Chinese shares closed down ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... experiencing a blow-out. Wages are still contained. We knew that anyway." Overnight (AEST), the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy committee released minutes for its April 27 meeting. This was the main focus for bond traders during the offshore session. ...

No minute message in FOMC minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... of decline - after the FOMC minutes revealed that while members have started deliberations toward normalising monetary policy - read, raising interest rates from abnormally low levels - this wouldn't be happening anytime soon. And - once the decision's ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... (RBA) May 3 board meeting, released on Tuesday, showed the bank believes the current mildly restrictive stance on monetary policy, helped by the rising Australian dollar, is appropriate. The RBA said that "if economic conditions continued to evolve as ...

Seeing evil, hearing evil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... views about falling commodity prices - they put downward pressure on inflation and ease the need for aggressive monetary policy tightening, thereby assuring that the global recovery proceeds - as planned. This was the prevailing thought only a few months ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... points lower at 4,653. In economics news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) issues the minutes of its monetary policy meeting on May 3, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) issues figures on lending finance in March. In equities ...