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Agreement reached on debt ceiling

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... deal with your votes over the next few days," he said at the White House. Australia reportedly has $11.2 billion in US treasury holdings including from super fund investment, banks and the Reserve Bank. Rainmaker research shows the average superannuation ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... points to 4,419 points, on volume of 14,744 contracts. With only four days to go until the August 2 deadline, when the US Treasury says it will run out of funds, lawmakers in Washington remain short of a compromise debt plan. US stocks ended mixed in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite eked out a slight gain, rising 1.46 points (0.05 per cent) to 2,766.25. The US Treasury says that if the government's $US14.29 trillion ($A13.01 trillion) debt ceiling is not raised by Tuesday, it could be forced ...

Higher US interest rates possible on downgrade

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... for the fourth straight day, down 198.75 points, or 1.6% to 12,302.55, the Wall Street Journal reported. Demand for US Treasury debt was also poor at an auction, it said. Chris Molumphy, chief investment officer of Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group ...

They will deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... Then again, all the profits in the world wouldn't matter if Uncle Sam is unable to service its debt. In a letter to US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Matthew E. Zames -- JPMorgan Chase managing director and chairman of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory ...

Credit hits the fan as Moody's puts US on downgrade watch

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... said there was a rising possibility that the limit would not be raised on a timely basis, leading to a default on US Treasury debt obligations. US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has warned that a US default would spark a major international economic ...

Knights in shining armour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... Hill, a compromise would ultimately be reached. And... and, Sir Ben is there to buy all those additional debts the US Treasury would be issuing and he has a magic weapon -- a printing press that doesn't run out of ink.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... fell in the wake of an increase of the key euro interest rate by the European Central Bank. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury note rose to 3.15 per cent from 3.10 per cent late Wednesday, while that on the 30-year bond climbed to 4.37 per cent from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... closely-watched indicators of the health of the US economy, analysts said. Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury note fell to 3.10 per cent from 3.14 per cent late Tuesday, while that on the 30-year bond dropped to 4.35 per cent from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... dropped as investors left the safety of US government debt for riskier assets such as stocks. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury note rose to 3.05 per cent from 2.93 per cent on Monday, while that on the 30-year bond climbed to 4.33 per cent from 4.28 ...