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DC theatrics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... at the US bond market. Re this, Bloomberg tried to spin it to fit the thesis that investors are fearful. "... 10-year Treasury note yields increased two basis points to 2.98 percent... as a stalemate over the debt ceiling pushed the U.S. closer to default." ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... announcing it was cutting 2,000 jobs. The rising spectre of a downgrade of their AAA grade, or even a payment default, sent Treasury bond prices lower. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 3.00 per cent from 2.96 per cent late on Friday, while the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... country will have to slash spending and could be forced to default on its debt. Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 2.96 per cent from 3.01 per cent late Thursday, while the 30-year bond dropped to 4.26 per cent from 4.32 per ...

ASIC jobs cut as responsibilities rise

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011
... redundancies were expected over the next three years, depending on the outcome of the ASIC Funding Review being conducted with Treasury and the Department of Finance and Deregulation. At the same time ASICs regulatory duties have increased as it now ...

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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
... at 4,518. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) issues $1,000 million of Treasury Notes maturing on October 21, 2011, and $1,000 million of Treasury Notes maturing on November 11, 2011. National Australia ...

Coalition, small business reject super clearing house model

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... are confident that recent improvements - such as the Medicare Clearing House... will make super easier for everyone." Treasury is expecting to receive the Stronger Super report from the Stronger Super Peak Consultative Group by Friday, but it is not ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... and the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) conducts a tender process to issue $100 million of August 2020 Treasury Indexed Bonds and $100 million of September 2030 Treasury Indexed Bonds. In equities news, Woodside Petroleum Ltd and OZ ...

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.