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May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... interest rates would remain low for a "considerable" time. You, I and Irene very much expected the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) decision last night, there was nothing new. It's measured taper as she goes: "... the Committee decided to make ...

Senate Economics Committee to hold inquiry on FoFA bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... refer the Corporations Amendment (Streamlining of FoFA) Bill 2014 to the Economics Committee after it was introduced to the House of Representatives on March 19. A spokesperson for the Committee for Selection of Bills told Financial Standard that the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... Moscow. The president made his remarks after meeting with Ukraine's new prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, at the White House. In local economic news on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases lending finance figures for January. Meanwhile ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... cent. In local economic news on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is scheduled to appear before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics. The Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association's performance ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... employment is a lagging indicator. Upbeat Australian stats - retail spending, building approvals, NAB business conditions survey, house prices - reported recently points to improvement in the labour market sometime probably by the second half of this ...

You say threshold, I say trigger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
Janet, Janet, she's our man... if she can't do it no one can. Janet's in the house (House Financial Services Committee) and she came bearing gifts (gift of gab) for Wall Street... and Wall Street heard that it was good. What Wall Street heard: Taper ...

CIE expands its education program to the retail market

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... asset purchases depend on economic and financial developments. They are by no means on a preset course," Mr Bernanke told a House of Representatives committee on Thursday (Australian time). IG Markets strategist Stan Shamu said the local market was optimistic ...

Clear as crystal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... Kevin Brady's question if the Fed is "going to tighten by Labor Day?" This was the same message Uncle Ben delivered to the House Financial Services Committee last night...only more elaborate. "I emphasize that, because our asset purchases depend on economic ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... Composite Index increased 11.50 (0.32 per cent) to 3,610.00. The gains came after Bernanke reiterated, in testimony to a House of Representatives committee, that the Fed would likely scale back the bond-buying program later this year, but only if the ...