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Tme to get fiscal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... against this is that increased government spending could "crowd out" the private sector and put upward pressure on interest rates. But this would happen only if the private sector is spending - which, based on the latest capex report, it is not. It's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... there was some positive data and company results in Europe on Thursday to push up the markets "... it's the fact US interest rates aren't going anywhere fast that really counted," said TrustNet analyst Tony Cross. "Today's news of negative inflation ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... records on Wall Street on the back of positive congressional testimony by US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen about interest rates. CommSec chief economist Craig James says there were impressive international lead-ins for the local bourse. The Dow ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... 500 have bolted to fresh records after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen pledged a cautious approach to raising interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Tuesday rose 92.35 points (0.51 per cent) to 18,209.19, besting Friday's record by about ...

Mind over matter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... towards Greece to the Fed? Surely what the Fed does matters... a lot. Being the global benchmark, what happens to US interest rates matters not only to America's domestic economy but to the rest of the world - in terms of economic growth; capital flows ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... US housing data, a lacklustre reading on inflation and indications the Federal Reserve is in no hurry to raise interest rates. At 0900 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down one point at 5,874. Minutes of the Fed's January ...

Stimulate or deflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... for now it is. And central banks are "printing and reflating". Last week it was Sweden's Riksbank turn. It cut interest rates to negative and announced a bond buying programme worth around 10 billion Swedish kronor (US$1.2 billion), joining the growing ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... firms were boosted by a rebound in oil prices and the head of Australia's central bank said it was unlikely to cut interest rates to zero. Seoul climbed 0.82 per cent, or 15.87 points, to close at 1,957.50 and Shanghai jumped 0.96 per cent, or 30.41 ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... seven-year high as the yen retreated against the dollar thanks to investors betting on the US Federal Reserve hiking interest rates soon. The Nikkei in Tokyo, which was closed Wednesday for a public holiday, rallied 1.85 per cent, or 327.04 points, to ...

Global appetite up, local confidence down

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... further afield," Certitude Global Investments chief executive Craig Mowll said. "The recent decision to cut official interest rates would appear to indicate that investors aren't the only ones concerned about the strength of our economy." Investors saw ...