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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... after Wall Street fell following mixed US housing data, a lacklustre reading on inflation and indications the Federal Reserve is in no hurry to raise interest rates. At 0900 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down one ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... York on Friday. HONG KONG - Most Asian markets have slipped as a strong US jobs report fuelled expectations the Federal Reserve will bring forward an interest rate rise. But poor Chinese trade data on Monday lifted shares in Shanghai on hopes Beijing ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... thereafter - April then June - lift-off here we come. She told us so. But before this, we'll get a glimpse of the Federal Reserve Chairman's inclination on interest rate policy when she delivers her semi-annual Humphrey-Hawkins testimony before the US ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... on the back of declines in the US triggered by concerns over a strengthening dollar and falling oil prices. The Federal Reserve failed to buoy markets when it repeated its pledge Wednesday to remain "patient" regarding the United States' first interest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open sharply lower after falls on Wall Street amid speculation the Federal Reserve remains on course to raise borrowing costs. At 0900 AEST on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 65 points ...

Oil price shock, nice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... the macro economy. What happened then? What happened is escalating oil prices cured escalating oil prices. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's paper on the "Oil Shock of 1978-79" concludes that: "Eventually, slowing economic activity in industrial ...

MetLife US proactive lobbying lesson for Aust

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... concerns that under the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) set up as part of the Frank-Dodd Act that the Federal Reserve Board has designated MetLife alongside leading banks as a Strategically Important Financial Institution (SIFI) requiring ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fluctuated as the Federal Reserve's minutes show many policymakers see the need to watch for inflation. At 0905 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... Analysts said the report marked another month of job growth above 200,000, but was not strong enough to prod the Federal Reserve to shift from its plan to keep interest rates low well into 2015. LONDON - European stock markets diverged after a mixed ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... the CAC rose 0.74 per cent to 4.141.24 points and Frankfurt's Dax was up 0.35 per cent at 9,114.84 points. The Federal Reserve's withdrawal of its vast bond-buying scheme known as quantitative easing (QE), had earlier also hit sentiment across global ...