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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2006
... suffering its biggest one-day drop in three years, as investors bet the Federal Reserve will need to keep raising interest rates to fight inflation. Investors sold shares in banks, industrial conglomerates and other rate-sensitive stocks. The Dow dropped ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
... lackluster results from retailers overshadowed inflation data suggesting the Federal Reserve could stop raising interest rates. The Nasdaq fell for a sixth day, over that time the index has fallen five per cent. The Dow Jones industrial average dipped ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2006
... stronger-than-expected data on housing and consumer confidence would give the Federal Reserve more ammunition to keep raising interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 53.07 points at 11,283.25. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2006
... legal setback. A strong payrolls report for March could raise concerns that the Federal Reserve will keep raising interest rates further and longer than some had initially thought. The Nasdaq edged higher to a fresh five-year closing high, boosted by ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2006
... crude oil prices and comments from Federal Reserve officials that could signal the Fed is almost done with raising interest rates. The interest-rate sentiment helped financial shares, as did a better outlook on bank profits. Shares of 3M, a component ...

Daily economic update

... sector - one of the major drivers of growth - does not slow, expect the US Federal Reserve to continue raising interest rates. The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will meet next week - the first meeting under the chairmanship of Ben Bernanke. ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2006
... Ben Bernanke, whose remarks would be closely watched for clues about when the Federal Reserve might stop raising interest rates. A drop of more than $US2 a barrel in US crude oil prices drove down shares of major energy companies like Exxon, which weighed ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2006
... stocks rallied as benign inflation data bolstered expectations that the US Federal Reserve may soon stop raising interest rates, but losses in technology shares such as Google dragged the Nasdaq lower. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 43.47 points ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2006
... ahead of next week's earnings reports and US payroll data which could influence the Federal Reserve to keep raising interest rates. The Hang Seng index fell 65.08 points to 15,445.05 to register a weekly loss of 356.95 points. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand ...

Daily economic update

... stance differs from the monetary bias of other central banks. The US Federal Reserve is expected to continue raising interest rates this year, the ECB has tightened policy despite still weak growth in the economy and the BoJ is expected to end its zero ...