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Sub-prime Godzilla tramples Japan

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... the US 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 ...

Sub-prime's house of cards

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... many as 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 ...

Growing credit crunch casualty list

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... or the problem that created the credit crunch in the first place. In a speech in New York yesterday, Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, reiterated the downside risk to growth going forward, saying housing will remain a significant drag on US growth ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... from 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 ...

Sub-prime 20/20 hindsight

... Street with a throwaway line, has admitted he didn't smell the sup-prime coffee during his tenure as Federal Reserve Chairman. Greenspan ran the central bank for more than 18 years before leaving in 2006 and his critics believe he kept rates too low ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
The 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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... kerb close 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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
... technology shares, 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 ...

Surplus surpluses and soaring profits

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... markets, our local markets are breathing easier and supported further by favourable economic indicators. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Chairman of the Banking Committee, Senator Chris Dodd, have agreed to pull out all the stops to restore ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... Exchange. NEW YORK - US stocks fell overnight as concerns deepened about a possible crisis in lending and the Federal Reserve chairman warned that weakness in housing could hurt economic growth for some time. Disappointing results from technology bellwethers ...