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The real problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... despite the BCB raising its benchmark target SELIC rate five times since April. The central bank has steadily lifted interest rates since the SELIC rate bottomed at 7.25% in March 2013. It raised its target rate again last month to 12.75%, less than ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... set to open higher after Wall Street surged more than one per cent following the Federal Reserve's statement on interest rates. At 0815 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,880. In its post-meeting statement ...

A win-win currency war?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... since 1 July - the low hit before it started its exponential climb. We all know why? The US is "expected" to raise interest rates one day while the other central banks are still on the race to the bottom with the ECB and the BOJ digging even deeper and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... Tuesday and Wednesday. Investors will be looking to the meeting for an indication of when the Fed will start to lift interest rates, which some fear could have a negative impact on the US share market. "I think everyone is looking ahead to the Fed and ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... Street. The US market rallied overnight on shockingly low retail sales data, which bolstered the case for keeping US interest rates low. The Australian market enjoyed its best gains in almost a month on Thursday after a fall in the unemployment rate ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... higher after Wall Street lifted following disappointing retail sales figures which bolstered the case for keeping US interest rates low. At 0803 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 13 points at 5,859. In local economic ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... New York. HONG KONG - Most Asian markets again fell, on increasing expectations the US Federal Reserve will hike interest rates. Traders were also left disappointed by more weak data from China. The likelihood of a Fed hike, coupled with the European ...

You sexy thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... to get up. A fact underscored by divergent monetary policies - actual and expected. The Fed's expected to raise interest rates, the others racing to the bottom and those that have already hit the pavement are digging some more with negative interest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... across the eurozone. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell, dragged down by expectations the US could soon raise interest rates, while Tokyo took a hit from news Japan's economy grew slower than thought in the last quarter of 2014. Sydney skidded 1.31 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
The Australian sharemarket is trading lower, after increased prospects of a hike in US interest rates weighed on Wall Street. Strong jobs growth data from the US Labor Department has raised expectations the Federal Reserve will soon lift interest rates. ...