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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
... whole it's really the banks that are leading the way down," he said. Mr Knight said the US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's warning that the troubled housing sector could cause small-bank failures was affecting local finance stocks. "The top six ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
... economy grew after a weaker-than-expected reading on gross domestic product and a warning from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that the weak housing market probably will cause some bank failures. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 98.09 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... code TEU. Australian stocks overcame a poor start on Friday to rise 1.4 per cent after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke reignited hopes for another US rate cut by Christmas. The local rally would have been stronger if National Australia Bank ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
... offset a rise in energy shares. Disappointing retail profits and caution before a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke later on Thursday also kept a lid on the market. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 9.43 points, or 0.07 per cent ...

Sub-prime Godzilla tramples Japan

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... economy would get worse before it got better, thanks to a downward spiralling housing market, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced forecasts for economic growth, unemployment and inflation will double in frequency, with an extended horizon ...

Sub-prime's house of cards

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... 25,100 jobs after losing $731 million last year. In his statement on the US monetary outlook, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered few clues to future monetary policy, only acknowledging that sub-prime woes could get worse and that US$150 billion ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... problems in the US sub-prime mortgage market. "The market is pretty confident that Bernanke (US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke) will be pretty aggressive in trying to prop up the market," Mr Foulsham said. Among the major banks, the National was ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... Australian sharemarket started the week in full stride, after US President George Bush and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reassured US investors they would work to rectify recent market troubles. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... on the London Metal Exchange. NEW YORK - US stocks surged on Friday as President Bush and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reassured investors they would do what was needed to shelter the economy from market turmoil. Banks and brokers, which have ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
... while the energy sector provided support following a surge in oil prices. A letter from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, in which he said the Fed was "prepared to act as needed" to ensure credit market troubles do not adversely affect the economy ...