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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... job growth above 200,000, but was not strong enough to prod the Federal Reserve to shift from its plan to keep interest rates low well into 2015. LONDON - European stock markets diverged after a mixed report on US jobs while the euro recovered ground ...

Rejoice for the A$ has fallen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... must be smiling (recall that he wants the A$ to be closer to US$0.85), he's finally getting his wish sans lowering interest rates (that could blow more bubbles in the property market). Yippee-kay-yay! But the way the Australian economy is not going ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... also tumbled to $US1.2440 in Asian deals, touching the lowest level since August 2012 on expectations of rising US interest rates. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index gave up 0.89 per cent to end Monday at 6,487.97 points, while in Paris the CAC 40 fell ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... dived below $US1.25 for the first time for more than two years, driven by speculation that the Fed could raise interest rates sooner than expected. HONG KONG - Asian markets rallied and the US dollar pushed past 111 yen after Japan's central bank said ...

Real stagflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... now in recession since Rousseff assumed the presidency in January 2011, inflation has risen and along with it, interest rates. Annual growth in the country's GDP has slowed from the mid to high digits of 2010 to minus 0.8% in the second quarter of 2014. ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... showed faster-than-estimated economic growth, fuelling speculation the economy is strong enough to withstand higher interest rates. At 0812 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up 25 points at 5,483. Locally, in economic ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... declared the end of six years of asset purchases to shore up economic growth. The Fed also said it would not raise interest rates for "a considerable time" after the end of the QE program, sticking to its timetable of an increase well into 2015. The ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... 17,000 since early October. Investors are awaiting the US central bank's Federal Open Market Committee's decision on interest rates and an announcement on when it will end of its tapering of asset purchases.

SMSFs up weighting to international shares

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees have upped their international equity exposures as low interest rates continue to weigh on cash returns, according to the latest Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey. In the June quarter 2014, cash holdings ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... its plan to end its bond-buying program and offer any additional comment on its expectations to raise benchmark interest rates in 2015. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets fell sharply as negative German business data overpowered broad relief after ...