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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
... comments from senior Federal Reserve officials, including Chairman Ben Bernanke, for clues on the outlook for US interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 7.21 points, or 0.06 per cent, at 12,654.53, while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
... benchmark Hang Seng index fell 61.36 points to 17,088.39 after a US Federal Reserve official suggested higher US interest rates may be needed to ward off inflation. WELLINGTON - The benchmark NZX-50 rose 33.3 points to 3460.077.

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
... declined 29.48 points to 2,061.99. LONDON - Major shares closed lower as the US data dented some expectations that US interest rates would stay on hold, with banks the worst sector despite higher profits from HBOS. The FTSE 100 index closed 47.5 points ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2006
... Composite Index finished 12.20 points higher at 2133.67. LONDON - UK shares closed weaker as fears of higher US interest rates outweighed gains amongst mining stocks. The FTSE 100 finished 10.9 points lower at 5681.2. FRANKFURT - The DAX index closed ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2006
... CAC-40 index closed at 4774.73, up 4.31 points. TOKYO - The Nikkei was broadly unchanged as fears about higher US interest rates hit exporters. The Nikkei finished down 4.15 points at 14,644.26, its third straight loss. HONG KONG - Stocks ended higher ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2006
... CPI as one of the major determinants for its decision on monetary policy. The uncertainty over the outlook for US interest rates underscores the prevailing market apprehension over what appears to be a concerted effort by many central banks around the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
... Index slipped 6.84 points to 2162.78. LONDON - Leading UK stocks closed sharply lower amid concerns of rising US interest rates, but the world's biggest airports operator BAA rose after agreeing to a takeover bid. The FTSE 100 closed at 5669.8, down ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
... inflation in April and 0.3 per cent increase in the core rate unnerved investors as it provided evidence that US interest rates could keep on rising. The latest CPI figures took the annual US headline inflation up to 3.5 per cent in April from 3.4 per ...

Emerging markets to bounce back after correction

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
... housing rents, and predicted the continuing inflow of cheap goods and competition from China would also ensure US interest rates stay low well into next year. "We'll have a low interest rate environment throughout Europe, Japan and the US where it will ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
... passed onto consumers. Note that the Fed has stated that only a few companies has pricing power. Concerns over US interest rates likewise ebbed on weak US housing data. Housing starts fell by 7.4 per cent to 1.85 million units (annualised) in April - ...

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