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The fat lady in concert on Sunday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... releases in-between. Though perhaps, I'll just take Gov Glenn at his word. "The forthcoming 'lift-off' by the Federal Reserve, when it happens, will surely be the most telegraphed monetary policy adjustment in history." But before that, the Fed would ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... too long for the region to recover, that it is a 'two steps forward, one step back situation." But following the Federal Reserve's QE program, "the US responded to the stimulus and is getting back to normal." The main difference with Europe is not only ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... 11,100.30 points. In foreign exchange trade, the euro hit a one month peak at $US1.1420 with the dollar after the Federal Reserve said any rises in US interest rates would be slow, before easing to $US1.1407. "US equity markets opened higher and spread ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... market on Tuesday was lower as investors exercised caution ahead of last-minute Greek debt negotiations and the Federal Reserve meeting. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down three points, or 0.05 per cent, at 5,535.8 points. The broader All Ordinaries ...

Rising bond yields a blip

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... Roberts said. Roberts added his view that the rise in bond yields is a also blip in the United States where the Federal Reserve continues to prepare markets for the first official interest rate increase in a decade. He said Europe had improved relative ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... Wednesday morning gains in the US dollar against the Japanese currency, fuelled by two US reports that gave the Federal Reserve more ammunition to raise interest rates. With US markets ending largely unchanged, the region had few catalysts to fuel trade ...

Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... the market continued to weigh the implications of Friday's surprisingly good US jobs report, especially for the Federal Reserve's plans for an interest rate hike. The jobs report "was a game changer that people are still struggling to digest", said Chris ...

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... projection to 2.5 per cent from the prior forecast of 3.1 per cent. IMF chief Christine Lagarde called on the Federal Reserve to hold off on a rate hike in 2015, saying growth conditions are not yet firm enough for it. Meanwhile Greece was still apparently ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... April, slower growth in the US services sector in May and a solid 201,000 new private-sector jobs in May. The Federal Reserve's Beige Book reported that the US economy returned to modest-to-moderate growth during April and May after stalling in the first ...

Van Eck goes local on EM fixed income

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... times. He said phase one of US interest rates rising is "good" and consistent with strong final demand but when the Federal Reserve hikes it may expose vulnerabilities. Fine added Van Eck were one of the only, if not the only, long holding EM bond with ...