Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 101 - 110 of 382 results for %22Federal Reserve interest rate rise%22

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... Street lost ground in the middle of the week after weaker-than-expected US economic data and a warning from US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that stock valuations were "quite high". Tokyo stocks on Thursday fell 1.23 per cent after a three-day holiday. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... at 5,631. Wall Street fell for a second straight session following disappointing jobs data and a warning from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on high equity valuations. Locally on Thursday, official jobs figures for April are released, and the Australian ...

Magellan ups cash weighting to 15%

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... there is a "Great Disagreement" as to where the US monetary policy will head over the next three years. While the Federal Reserve anticipates a normalisation of the economy and the monetary policy, the market is pricing stagnation and low growth and ...

Modi under the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... difficult to act." A winner amid Asia deflation Falls in energy prices and Asia's central banks' links with the US Federal Reserve are sending deflationary winds to the region. Lawson noted that countries such as India or Korea should benefit from the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... analysts due in part to extremely harsh winter weather in some regions and the West Coast port strike. The US Federal Reserve said the slower growth was due "in part" to transitory factors and that the economy should resume expanding at a "moderate pace." ...

No inflation but no growth either: Janus Capital

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... asset allocation Enrique Chang. Visiting Australia to meet with existing and potential new clients, Chang said the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and other organisations are attempting to generate growth but it hasn't worked as well as anyone ...

Mining capex in a hole

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... rates by 50 basis points. BlackRock says economic growth and monetary policy are diverging globally and the US Federal Reserve is gearing up for its first rate rise since 2006. The firm says the central banks of Europe and Japan are pushing the monetary ...

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... usual trigger people have in mind is a rise in US interest rates. The US economy now looks strong enough for the Federal Reserve to consider increasing its policy rate later in the year. In itself, this should be welcomed. And it will have been very ...

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... Fed head honcho's (honcha?) statement at "The New Normal Monetary Policy" research conference sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco last month when she discussed the whys and wherefores of "Normalizing Monetary Policy: Prospects and ...

2015: a lift year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
Pencil it in, carve it on concrete... 2015 will be the year that the US Federal Reserve lifts its federal funds rate target for the first time since bringing it down to 0-0.25% -- and nailing it there -- a long, long time ago (16 December 2008). Only ...