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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2007
... move the Australian dollar. "There'll also be a lot of focus on what's happening in the US," he said. US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke will deliver the central bank's mid-year monetary policy report on Wednesday. "Depending on what he says and ...

Economic round-up: Greenspan versus the poet

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
While China's Premier Wen Jiabao relies on the economic advice of a poet, America's former Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, protests he has less influence than he's given credit for with his economic observations. Trying to turn down the heat ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... the market's drift downward today came after weakness in the US. Wall Street stocks fell after the US Federal Reserve chairman dampened hopes of an interest rate cut, saying inflation was still a concern. "We have followed suit," Mr Sekely said.

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... 6370.8, while the all ordinaries shed 19.7 points to 6399.9. NEW YORK - US stocks fell on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned inflation is still a major concern, all but dashing remaining hopes for an interest-rate cut this year. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
... Mueller said concerns about a correction in the Chinese sharemarket, first mooted last week by former US Federal Reserve chairman Allan Greenspan, were continuing to stress local investors. "The Chinese government has just increased a tax on stock transactions ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... points to 17,481.21. HONG KONG - Stocks sank, tracking falling global markets and comments by former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan over China's high market value. The benchmark Hang Seng Index dropped 278.31 points to 20,520.66. WELLINGTON ...

Economic round-up: Chinese whispers and inflation rumbles

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
Comments by former US Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, over China's "unsustainable" market weighed heavily on the Australian dollar yesterday, while the OECD flagged a threat to our inflation. On Wednesday Dr Greenspan, speaking by satellite ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2007
... Metal Exchange. NEW YORK - US stocks edged lower overnight as a warning about Chinese stocks by former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan erased gains fueled by takeover talk in the aluminum sector. Greenspan said he feared a "dramatic contraction" ...

Manage your retirement: Greenspan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
Former US Federal Reserve Chairman Dr Alan Greenspan said US Government social security and Medicare liabilities would be hard to meet and baby boomers worldwide needed to be more active in their retirement preparations. Dr Greenspan was the keynote ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
... while the all ordinaries dipped 39 points to 5913.3. NEW YORK - US stocks ended lower on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said he was uncomfortable with inflation and uncertain about the economy, compounding the impact of a weak ...