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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... Hong Kong shares fell 1.81 per cent amid renewed weakness in banks due to continued uncertainties over Beijing's monetary policy. The benchmark Hang Seng Index lost 391.81 points to 21,286.17. Chinese banks led the Hong Kong decline after Liu Minkang ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... share market declined for a second day, dragged down by miners after commodity prices fell, China tightened its monetary policy and as WorleyParsons cut profit guidance. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 31.4 points, or 0.64 per cent, to 4,868.1, while ...

Good For China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... unfounded because it would take more than a 50 basis point hike in required reserves and premature because the monetary policy transmission could take about nine months to flow through into the economy. Note that the government is targeting 10 per cent ...

Juice flow to continue in 2010

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2010
... plunged back into contraction when the Roosevelt administration raised taxes, cut back spending and tightened monetary policy in 1937 in efforts to restore the federal budget back in balance. Just as now, improvements in economic indicators (mis)led ...

The I word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... especially because of one month's number from a volatile economic stat that isn't even a major factor in the Fed's monetary policy deliberations? Have a look at the monthly PPI performance and you'll see that it's flip-flopping from one month to the ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... GFC. Yes, it has always been normal for a few or more US Senators to vent their spleen at the Fed's conduct of monetary policy every time re-nomination day comes. And at the end of the day, the sitting Chairman remains seated in his job. Think Alan Greenspan ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... to bargain hunting. Bargain hunting in local property firms led the rise but declines in Chinese financials on monetary policy fears trimmed gains. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 188.66 points, or 0.84 per cent, to 22,611.8. WELLINGTON - The New ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... - Shares closed down as profit-taking set in after the previous day's gains amid concerns Beijing will tighten monetary policy. China's banking regulator sent a warning that banks must comply strictly with capital adequacy requirements. Investors viewed ...

Ganging up on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... stability." But the way things now stand it could only achieve its objective of "maximum employment" by keeping monetary policy very, very, very easy. This means keeping interest rates very, very, very low and keeping on buying Treasury debt. Both of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... higher at 4,571. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its quarterly statement on Monetary Policy. The Australian Office of Financial Management conducts a tender for $700 million in April, 2012, bonds, and Reserve Bank of ...