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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... Investors are also heartened by comments from Fed Chair Janet Yellen on Monday that suggest no "abrupt" change to US monetary policy that has been supporting the economy, Hogan said. Finally, while geopolitical tensions over Ukraine remain high, they ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... what the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the European Central Bank (ECB) would do after they met and deliberated on monetary policy this week... and Japan and China and America. It's easy pickings for the RBA. Governor Glen would more likely than ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... a three-week low against the dollar on heavy selling after the European Central Bank hinted at a further loosening of monetary policy in the eurozone to avert deflation, traders said. HONG KONG - Asia's markets were mixed, with Japanese shares boosted ...

First quarter stasis and A$ ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... slowing economy's currency tends to weaken until such time that that depreciation boost economic growth, that prompts monetary authorities to lift interest rates and props the currency back up... and vice-versa.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... after several days of weakness. He said European markets recorded the strongest gains, thanks to speculation of looser monetary policy from the European Central Bank. "That's really fired up European investors," he said. Mr McCarthy said an improvement ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... Wall Street and European markets which rebounded on regional economic data and European Central Bank talk that looser monetary policy could be in the offing. At 0810 AEDT on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 19 points at 5,357. ...

Michael Hintze to join Financial Systems Inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... of Westpac Banking Corporation and a deputy secretary of the Australian Treasury, and has worked for the International Monetary Fund. He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2009 for service to the finance sector The global chairman of technology ...

Whatever works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... worked before, that's what. Go back to exports... An exchange rate depreciation is, after all, a de factor loosening of monetary policy and it would help lift China's export competitiveness. World Bank figures show that while the government has succeeded ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... Fed meeting tonight sees the market positioned for a downgrade of economic projections." The Federal Reserve's two day monetary policy meeting is not expected to result in any change to its program for tapering stimulus measures. In the resources sector ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... higher as investors shrug off Russia's move to formally absorb Crimea and begin turning attention to a US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting. At 0645 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 16 points at 5,364. In local ...