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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... lower after a mostly weaker performance on Wall Street overnight as inflation worries were stoked after US Federal Reserve Bank chairman, Ben Bernanke, said the Fed would work hard to keep inflation expectations in check. At 0800 AEST on the Sydney Futures ...

Mohl joins CBA board

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... position of deputy head of research at the Reserve Bank of Australia. He also worked on secondment at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 1983/84. John Schubert, chairman of CBA said Mohl is very highly regarded, adding that the bank looked forward ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open sharply higher as Wall Street surged after The Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) cut its main lending rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to 2.25 per cent. At 0740 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
... slightly more than one per cent, as economic data added to worries about a US recession. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank said a manufacturing slowdown in the US mid-Atlantic region this month reached its deepest in seven years, while oil futures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... and news of a hefty loss by brokerage Merrill Lynch fuelling worries about the economy. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank report, which showed that industrial activity in the mid-Atlantic region contracted much more than expected in January, in the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... foot from a strong Wall Street lead and renewed optimism in the local banks. US financial stocks rose after Federal Reserve Bank Vice-Chairman Donald Kohn reinforced expectations of another US interest rate cut next month. At 1015 AEDT, the benchmark ...

Risky business

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... believes we can draw confidence from a man with his finger truly on the sub-prime credit pulse - the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President, William Poole. Investors should take comfort that Poole, "who sees the numbers all day every day", remains ...

Fed Banks upgrade to next gen payment systems

... financial institutions. Unisys Corporation has signed a consulting, software and hardware agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, which is acting on behalf of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks. Under the deal, the banks will replace their existing ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
... perception that the next rate move may indeed be down. With the housing industry reaching historical lows, the Federal Reserve Bank in the US will be under pressure not to raise interest rates even though core personal inflation is expected to reach ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
... to 9 hours and 11 per cent were employed for more than 10 hours per week. The latest estimates from the US Federal Reserve Bank forecasts the US economy to growth between 2.5 and 3 per cent this year following the 3.4 per cent growth last year. This ...