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Let's party!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... zilch, nil, nada. Kansas City Fed President Thomas Hoenig had objected at every FOMC meeting since 2010 over the central bank's easy policy stance. He even called the US$600 billion QE2 a "dangerous gamble" and a "bargain with the devil". Philadelphia ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
The Australian share market was lower at noon on Wednesday as concerns over weaker metals prices and caution ahead of a key press conference by the United States' central banker outweighed a positive lead from offshore. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... Federal Reserve's top policy panel, which is weighing whether the economic recovery can sustain itself with less central bank stimulus. Markets also were on tenterhooks for Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's first post-FOMC press conference, the first for any ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
The Australian dollar was almost a US cent lower at noon, after minutes from the central bank's April board meeting confirmed that it was in no hurry to raise rates. At 1200 (AEST) on Tuesday, the local unit was trading at 104.63 US cents, down from ...

Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... welcome the IMF's analytical work on the functioning of the IMS" (International Monetary System). But French European Central Bank Governing Council Member Christian Noyer had a different - and perhaps the correct one for he was there (I wasn't) - interpretation. ...

Buying op

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
So is this the one that ultimately takes the grin off Wall Street's face? According to theage.com.au, " US stocks dropped on Tuesday on worries falling oil prices could set off a reversal in the high-flying energy sector..." It even quoted a certain ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... was up 0.01 per cent and the S&P 500 was down 0.3 per cent. Sure there were news articles, statistical reports and central bank rhetoric littering the financial pages of cyberspace but these are merely echoes of what had come before. There's news of ...

Yikes the ECB hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
The European Central Bank had lift off! There was hardly a ripple in financial markets when the central bank of the region with a single currency went ahead and raised interest rates last week. Darn straight Virginia, the ECB has just handed down its ...

Unshaken and unstirred

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... sparked protests and street demonstrations. And its neighbours, they're now facing higher borrowing costs. The European Central Bank (ECB) has just handed down its first interest rate hike. The ECB raised its refinancing rate by 25 bps to 1.25 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... aid was positive, removing an irritating uncertainty after months of intense speculation. Similarly, the European Central Bank's first rise in interest rates in nearly three years to 1.25 per cent from a record low 1.00 per cent was widely anticipated. ...