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Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... data showed the economy unexpectedly shrank in the fourth quarter last year and the Federal Reserve maintained its loose monetary policy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 44.77 points (0.32 per cent) to 13,909.65. The S&P 500-stock index shed ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
Financial markets were on wait mode overnight - waiting for the Fed's verdict on monetary policy. And they had fun while waiting, for most souls expect the US central bank to continue what it's been since last September - bribing the bears into hibernation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... performance on Wall Street ahead of consumer confidence and housing data and in anticipation of a US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting. At 0644 AEDT on Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up one point at 4,855. In economic ...

Mixed outlook for Aussie dollar

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... growth but different growth," said UBS chief economist Haslem who was optimistic that the Reserve Bank had finished easing monetary policy but added that the non-mining sector was still showing little signs of creating jobs in the face of weak cash flow. ...

It's happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013

Good, better, best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... one scours through the macro stats and surveys released over the past 24 hours. Never mind reports of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) lowering its world growth forecast anew - down to 3.5% from 3.6% it predicted in October -- like most guesses ...

2013 a turning point for world economy: Clime

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... next 12 to 18 months as gas production comes on line. In Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made a more aggressive monetary policy a priority, trying to revive the world's third largest economy from its double decade economic woes. Turning to Australia ...

There's no bubble in bond markets: Tyndall AM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... remain attractive for the foreseeable future: global risk aversion, a lack of other safe haven assets and ongoing loose monetary policy in major developed markets. "The flow of money into the bond market is not being fuelled by greed, as is the case ...

Fed ECB BOJ, Unlimited

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... began a two-day meeting that markets widely expect will see them adopt a two per cent inflation target and unveil more monetary easing. WELLINGTON -The NZX 50 Index rose 21 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 4185.18.