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Weekly economic round-up

... the US Federal Reserve's two day FOMC meeting - chairman Bernanke's first - where it is expected to lift the federal funds rate to 4.75 per cent. The accompanying statement will be closely scrutinised for hints on the outlook for US monetary policy.

Weekly economic round-up

... Dr. Greenspan's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) delivered, as expected, a 25 basis point hike taking the federal funds rate to 4.5 per cent. In the statement accompanying the 31 January rate hike, the FOMC removed the reference to a 'measured pace' ...

Market wrap

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2006

... Meeting on the final day of Alan Greenspan's 18-and-a-half-year tenure as chairman, the Fed raised the benchmark federal funds rate to 4.5 per cent from 4.25 per cent. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 35.06 points to 10,864.86. The S&P 500 index ...

Daily Economic Update

... to interest raise rates to 4.25 per cent by the end of this year and 4.75 per cent by the end of 2006. The federal funds rate is currently at 4.0 per cent. NABE expects consumer price inflation at 3.4 per cent this year and 3.0 per cent in 2006. Housing ...

US lifts key interest rate

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2004

... colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee, the panel that sets interest rates, boosted the target for the federal funds rate to 1.5%. The funds rate, the interest that banks charge each, had been at a 46-year low of 1% just six weeks ago when the ...

US Fed holds key short-term rate steady

... Open Market Committee colleagues - the group that sets interest rate policy in the United States - left the federal funds rate unchanged at 1%, where it has been since last June. The funds rate is the Fed's primary tool for influencing the economy. But ...

US interest rates likely to rise as inflation builds, poll finds

... a doubling of a key inflation measure, found more Wall Street economists are tilting towards a rise in the federal funds rate by September. Half of the economists surveyed -- 11 out of 22 -- now expect a rate rise in June, August or September, with August ...

Fed leaves US rates unchanged, pledges patience

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2004

... inflation tame. The unanimous decision by the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee keeps the trendsetting federal funds rate for overnight loans between banks at 1 per cent, a level hit after a cut last June. In its post-meeting statement, the ...

US Federal Reserve holds key short-term rate at 1%

AAP | THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2004

... the first regularly scheduled session of the year - Fed chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues left the federal funds rate unchanged at 1%. The funds rate, the interest that banks charge each other on overnight loans, is the Fed's primary tool for ...

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Super funds race to implement digital advice

VINNY VUCAGO

Australian superannuation funds are increasingly turning to digital advice tools to bridge the longstanding gap between members needs and access to affordable financial guidance, according to executives at wealth technology Bravura Solutions.

Musk's $106bn fundamental-defying IPO lands on Nasdaq

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

SpaceX has raised US$75 billion ($106.8bn) in the biggest-ever stock market debut, valuing Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company at US$1.77 trillion.

Quinbrook appoints Australian lead

VINNY VUCAGO

Energy transition infrastructure investor Quinbrook has appointed Tim Horneman as region leader for Australia, formalising his responsibility for the firm's local investment activities and business operations.

Former ASFA COO joins housing fund manager

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief operating officer of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has joined C1 Capital Group as chief investment and operating officer.

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