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Let's party!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... Narayana Kocherlakota of Minneapolis were on the news just a few months ago, indicating their preference for tighter monetary policy. But last night, the verdict was unanimous. "The Committee will maintain the target range for the federal funds rate ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... tonight. "Traders are playing a fairly cautious game today." Investors will look for indications on the future of US monetary policy when Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke makes a press conference overnight. At 1204 AEST, metal recycler Sims Metal ...

Any which way is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... meeting. No doubt the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is in the heat of discussions over what to do with monetary policy - or more specifically, QE2. It's about to end next month. The Fed needs to come up with a decision on QE2 this meeting, the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... Nissan and Honda. Trade was edgy ahead of fresh corporate results this week and the US Federal Reserve's monthly monetary policy meeting, with investors looking to see whether it decides to begin tightening measures. Tokyo's Nikkei shed 1.17 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... and a high of 105.13 cents. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), at 1130 AEST, released the minutes of its April monetary policy meeting, which said that disasters in Japan and Queensland had not changed the bank's medium-term economic and inflationary ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... points. In economics news on Tuesday, The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) publishes the minutes of its April 5 monetary policy meeting, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases International Merchandise Imports data for March. In equities ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... and retail sales, among others, would be watched closely for signs the Chinese government would need to tighten monetary policy further. Wall Street closed marginally higher, while precious metals and oil prices settled firmer. The big miners were lower. ...

Asia to grow amid inflation threat: ADB

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... policy measures, such as flexible exchange rate management and coordinated capital controls as opposed to tighter monetary policy. "Policy makers must therefore consider pre-emptive action to control inflation before it accelerates," said Changyong Rhee ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... or to derail the economic recovery and hence do not, in my view, warrant any substantial shift in the stance of monetary policy." It was the same tune that President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York William Dudley sang in Tokyo, telling his audience ...

Yikes the ECB hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... Trichet had a lot of explaining to do. And explained he did. "The adjustment of the current very accommodative monetary policy stance is warranted in the light of upside risks to price stability that we have identified in our economic analysis. While ...