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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... 3,475.40. TOKYO - Japanese share prices rebounded for a third day Tuesday as hopes mounted for another US economic stimulus package and investors welcomed signs of a thaw in credit markets. The Nikkei-225 index climbed 300.66 points, or 3.34 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... after US indices soared in a late rally buoyed by signs of easing credit and the growing likelihood of a second stimulus package. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 100.6 points, or 2.43 per cent, at 4,242.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Three wise economists

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... will not happen immediately. Bernanke also called on the US government to implement a 'well-targeted' fiscal stimulus package to contain further deterioration in the economic outlook, adding that the package should be designed to limit longer-term negative ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... percentage gain on Wall Street overnight since the Great Depression and news of the federal government's $10.4 billion stimulus package for the Australian economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 154.5 points, or 3.7 per cent, at 4,335.2, while ...

US dominoes keep falling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... household wealth associated with the weakness in house prices and equity prices. At least the recently enacted fiscal stimulus package should provide some support for household spending during the second half of this year and into next year, he added. ...