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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... LONDON - Britain's leading shares fell 1.37 per cent after briefly turning positive midway through the session as US recession fears and commodity stocks dragged. The FTSE 100 ended down 82.7 points at 5,942.9. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 7,471.57 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... stocks tumbling after Citigroup reported its first quarterly loss and weak US retail sales data inflamed fears of a US recession. The FTSE 100 closed at 6,025.6 points, down 190.1 or 3.06 per cent. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 7,566.38 points ...

We'll cut rates again if we have to: US Fed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
... Under might think, the US Fed is worried. Even Merrill Lynch is already being widely reported as proclaiming that US recession has now started, maybe its all now academic anyway. No wonder the new talk is whether Australia is now "de-coupled" from the ...

Jay-Z versus Greenspan

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... colleague, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher have been quite vocal in reassuring the world there's no chance of a US recession. However, The Economist noted that days after the 1929 stock market crash, Harvard Economic Society followed this same reassuring ...

Dollar for dollar

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
... Radio interview had depressed US Equity markets for most of Friday night's session. Greenspan said the chance of a US recession was still under 50 per cent, but the probability is higher now than a few months ago where he was predicting the odds at around ...

Credit crunch driving recession fears

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
... the Fed pumped the liquidity in the first place), the choke-off in credit could suck the economy dry and lead to a US recession due to a "reverse wealth effect". And if the US crash lands then the outlook for our own markets could present a new set of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
... investment firm Australian Capital Reserve. The Australian sharemarket fell sharply yesterday, fuelled by fears of a US recession. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index fell 87.2 points to 6191.2 and the all ordinaries lost 86.9 points to 6209.6. Crude oil ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... our market." Mr Heffernan said the release overnight of positive US GDP data should help erase fears surrounding a US recession. "The US GDP figures came out last night and showed a really robust four per cent growth. That should give the market a bit ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... our market." Mr Heffernan said the release overnight of positive US GDP data should help erase fears surrounding a US recession. "The US GDP figures came out last night and showed a really robust four per cent growth. That should give the market a bit ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
... cent, to 2,541.70. ABN Amro Morgans private client adviser Bill Bishop said today's downturn might be less to do with US recession fears, and more to do with a "blow off" from yesterday's surge. "I'm not arguing that it's not recession fears in America ...