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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... 417,000 in the week ended August 20. Mr Speizer said expectations are starting to wane that US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke would announce there may be a third round of economic stimulus. "There's a couple more newspaper article saying that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... economists had expected. Market sentiment this week has been driven by expectations that US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke will say a third round of economic stimulus, or quantitative easing (QE), will be needed to help the struggling American ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... 100.68 points (4.29 per cent) to stand at 2,446.06. Mr Padley said investors anticipated US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke would announce a stimulus package at a global meeting of central bankers on Friday (US time), with large movements in companies ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... Tuesday. Since 1700 (AEST) on Tuesday, the local unit traded between 104.58 US cents and 105.34 cents. Fed chairman Ben Bernanke will give a speech to a central bank symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday (US time). At last year's Jackson Hole ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... current year. He said many investors were trading in anticipation of positive news from the US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, who is scheduled to speak at an annual conference of the world's central bankers on Saturday AEST. "We're getting in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... other manufactured goods. Mr Ive said the market this week would focus on a speech by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke to a central bank symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday night, Australian time. In Australia on Tuesday, Reserve Bank ...

Stocks rally hard as Australia deemed a bargain buy

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... next 10 years," he said. US equities rose overnight with Wall Street posting 4% gains after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed would keep US interest rates at "exceptionally low levels" for at least the next two years. In a statement ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... Ordinaries index dropped 21.9 points, or 0.48 per cent, to 4,561.3. NEW YORK - Remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that dimmed hopes for a third round of bond-buying pushed stocks lower. In a second day of testimony, Bernanke told congress ...

Credit hits the fan as Moody's puts US on downgrade watch

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... Moody's Investors Service has placed the US on a review for possible downgrade prompting US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke to issue dire warnings on the global impact a US debt default would have. US lawmakers have been debating whether to increase ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... broader All Ordinaries index added 19.7 points, or 0.43 per cent, to 4,583.2. NEW YORK - Comments from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke set off a stock market rally early on Wednesday, but it wasn't long before another Fed official cut it short. In testimony ...