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US Federal Reserve holds key short-term rate at 1%

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2004
... 45-year low today. Wrapping up a two-day meeting - the first regularly scheduled session of the year - Fed chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues left the federal funds rate unchanged at 1%. The funds rate, the interest that banks charge each other ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2004
... year high overnight, as the United States dollar gained strength from comments made by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7773/78 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7786/91. The local bourse ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar weaker after US jobless claims plunge

... US dollar from the employment report card was then enhanced by positive comments by US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan who said the labour market appeared to have stabilised. This pushed the Australian dollar further south as the New York session ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares, dollar end higher

... the United States tonight on weekly jobless claims as well as an upbeat speech from US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan.

Morning market wrap: US bonds continue sell-off

... US bond yields jumped sharply higher overnight, continuing the sell-off that began in earnest with Fed chairman Alan Greenspan's Congressional testimony last week. The yield on the benchmark 10-year government bond rose 21 basis points to 4.21%, and ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares tumble in early trade

... consolidation overnight in the US bond market, helped by subdued US inflation data and more soothing comments from Alan Greenspan. The Australian dollar was also stronger at $US0.6555, having briefly fallen below $US0.6500 at the height of the bond sell-off ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds claw back losses

US bond yields edged lower overnight, clawing back some of the losses prompted by Alan Greenspan's upbeat semi-annual testimony to Congress. The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond fell 6 points to 3.92%, while the yield on the 5-year bond was down 5 ...

Midday market wrap: Australian bonds hammered

... was sharply weaker Wednesday morning, following overnight Congressional testimony by US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan. Despite pledging to maintain the fed funds rate at low levels 'for a considerable time', bond investors were spooked by Greenspan's ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds crunched by Greenspan

US bond yields spiked higher after Fed chairman Alan Greenspan presented to Congress an upbeat view of US economic prospects over the balance of 2003 and for 2004. Reassurances the Fed would hold the funds rate low "for a considerable time" were ignored ...

Midday market wrap: Australian shares modestly higher

... fetching $US0.6550, down from $US0.6592 last night. The Australian bond market was also weaker, ahead of Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's Congressional tomorrow morning local time. The yield on the benchmark 10-year bond was 5.105%, up from 5.01% at the ...