The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper

READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 121 - 130 of 157 results for "Federal Open Market Committee"

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008

... the US central bank will lift interest rates again and base metal prices generally were up. The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets tonight to discuss interest rates. Responding to a global stock market rout early last week, the Fed chopped ...

A tale of two currencies

SUZY MAC | THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007

... the final decision. The Fed's Beige Book, one of eight economic surveys prepared each year for the Federal Open Market Committee's rate-setting meetings, found although the US economic activity continued to expand, there has been a deceleration in pace ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007

... said. In the US overnight, the Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 rose to fresh records after Federal Open Market Committee minutes suggested that, despite cuts to its economic growth forecasts, the Fed was not in a rush to cut rates. With the ...

Sub-prime 20/20 hindsight

... forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News expect a quarter percentage point cut from the Federal Open Market Committee, which will see the benchmark rate at 5 per cent. Greenspan, who deftly steered the US economy through a series of crises ...

Knee jerk over little Beige Book

SUZY MAC | THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007

... havoc, as was evident in the US overnight. One of eight economic surveys prepared each year for the Federal Open Market Committee's rate-setting meetings, this edition of the Beige Book claimed since the August 7 meeting "economic activity has continued ...

The big bounce

SUZY MAC | TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007

... rally and European stocks have also built on Friday's gains. Speculation is now growing that the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will likely cut the official interest rate, affecting consumers, by 25 basis points next month. Following the RBA's ...

Fed shoots from the hip

SUZY MAC | MONDAY, 20 AUG 2007

... facility has also been extended to allow 30-day loans instead of the regular overnight loan. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) said in a statement on Friday, "Financial market conditions have deteriorated, and tighter credit conditions and increased ...

Rate hike to launch dollar?

SUZY MAC | WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007

... term," he said. Overnight the US Federal Reserve left their rates unchanged at 5.25 per cent and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) suggested that volatile financial markets and a tightening in credit conditions likely won't hamper the US's continuing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP | TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2007

... reassure investors that troubles in the subprime mortgage market won't slow economic growth. The Federal Open Market Committee is expected to leave US interest rates unchanged at its meeting on Tuesday, but investors will pay special attention to the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2007

... reassure investors that troubles in the subprime mortgage market won't slow economic growth. The Federal Open Market Committee is expected to leave interest rates unchanged at its meeting on Tuesday, but investors will pay special attention to the accompanying ...

PAGE:

Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

Videos

Brought to you by

The market has changed. The opportunity hasn't.

SMILE through retirement - tackling the top 5 (Sequencing, Market, Inflation, Longevity, Emotion) retirements risks

Maintaining a fundamental focus in a world obsessed with the short term

Follow the leaders

Global economic outlook and the case for local currency emerging market debt: Resilience, risk, and opportunity

A guaranteed future

Strength amid noise

MORE VIDEOS

Products

'Guide To' Series

Pocket investment guides featuring adviser case studies and a glossary.

MORE INFO

Publisher's Forum

Investing trends and strategies from the industry’s thought leaders.

MORE INFO

Product Showcases

Putting the spotlight on investment products that matter.

MORE INFO

Expert Feed

Christian Mueller-Glissmann

Head of Asset Allocation Research

Goldman Sachs

When geopolitics becomes a portfolio risk

Geopolitics is back - again - and Australian investors can no longer treat it as distant background noise.

READ MORE

Tania Milnes

General Manager Membership

Financial Advice Association Australia

Does association membership still matter?

With all the changes the advice sector has experienced in recent years, such as regulatory reform and increased education and professional standards ...

READ MORE