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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... deal, but markets appeared encouraged by continued talks. LONDON - European shares rose on hopes of a deal to break the US budget deadlock, while London has been lifted by an impressive stock market debut for Royal Mail. Frankfurt's DAX 30 rose 0.45 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... banks all gained but the big miners slipped after the US House of Representatives and Senate looked poised to confirm a budget deal that will reopen the US government until January 15, and the government to keep borrowing to pay its bills until February ...

Last minute deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... next year. Perhaps earlier... for included in the deal is the creation of a bi-partisan panel to come up with long-term budget deficit reduction ideas by the 13th of December. You blink, you lose. Who blinked? Though Democrats made a token gesture of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after US Senate leaders reached a deal for a temporary budget and to extend the debt ceiling, ending the government shutdowm. At 0826 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was ...

Unthinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... Blinder, in his opinion piece on the Wall Street Journal wrote: "If the Treasury loses the ability to borrow more, the budget must be balanced immediately, meaning that federal spending must fall immediately by about $750 billion (at annual rates), or ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... $US1.3535 from $US1.3521. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed as traders nervously awaited signs of progress in solving a budget stand-off in Washington that threatens to plunge the US into default. President Barack Obama said he would meet leaders ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... Barack Obama will nominate Janet Yellen to replace Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke failing to offset jitters over the US budget showdown. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index dropped 0.44 per cent to close at 6,337.91 points, while Frankfurt's DAX 30 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on international markets as the US budget standoff enters its eighth day with no end in sight, stoking worries of a catastrophic default. At 0800 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... between Republicans and Democrats in Congress. The US government has partially shut down after the Congress failed to pass a budget and the two sides face an even more significant battle over the country's debt ceiling. If Congress does not agree to ...

Counting up and counting down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... Governing Council met and decided not to change monetary policy settings - president Mario Draghi commented that, "...the US budget shutdown is a risk, if it is protracted. At the present time, the impression one has is that it would not be so. If it ...