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The Big Benny sings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... conference and Q&A, Big Benny might have used different words but the message hasn't changed and this is that the outlook for monetary policy depends on the outlook for the economy - mainly employment and inflation. And oh, he added the housing market ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... markets pulled back in careful trade, with traders on tenterhooks before the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy gathering. "No one on the market is considering a bold position before the Fed statement," said Renaud Murail of Barclays ...

End of QE sounds death knell for 'zombie' stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... valuations, pose a serious risk to investors when QE is finally tapered. "There can be no question that a big change in monetary policy, like the withdrawal of QE will have huge implications for global markets, not least because all the money sloshing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... 0.62 per cent, to 4,805.0 points. NEW YORK - US stocks surged a day before the Federal Reserve begins meeting to review monetary policy, with expectations mounting that it will make no sharp changes to its economic stimulus. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

No need to fear 1994-style crash

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... that the Fed is acutely aware of the importance of its policy decision and has every confidence that Bernanke and his monetary committee will manage interest rate rises sensibly. "We know that Bernanke is fully cognisant of the risks associated with ...

Still in Goldilocks land

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... markets have so easily extrapolated suggestions of an earlier than expected tapering of stimulus to outright tightening of monetary policy. For this is the only reason - tighter policy -- I could discern from the reversal in the financial markets' fortunes ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... Committee keeping its stimulus policy in place when it meets on Tuesday and Wednesday. In addition, the International Monetary Fund pared its 2014 forecast for US growth, blaming the government's sharp "sequester" spending cuts. LONDON - Europe's top ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... losing more than six per cent, while the US dollar hit 10-week lows against the yen on expectations that central banks' monetary easing measures will end soon. Dealers in emerging economies also ran for cover, with the US Federal Reserve in focus amid ...

Sinking emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... currency, bond and equity markets are bearing the brunt of speculation that the US Federal Reserve would start reducing its monetary policy stimulation sooner rather than later. The prospect of reduced money printing by the US central bank sent the yield ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... report showing modest gains in US job creation eased concerns the Federal Reserve will soon start to roll back its huge monetary easing scheme. However, buying sentiment was tempered by more relatively weak trade data out of China that adds to concerns ...