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Three and a half men

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... spin would be entirely different. The story would read like this. "Wall Street ignored Middle East tensions, buoyed by Bernanke's upbeat assessment on the economy and little concern over inflation." Big Ben told the US Senate Banking Committee that he's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... rein in inflation with an interest rate rise on Tuesday continued to worry Hong Kong, as US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke made rare criticism of the Beijing central bank's anti-inflationary strategy. In other markets, Singapore tumbled 1.50 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... per cent, to 4,995.1 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed mixed Wednesday, shrugging off Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to Congress and merger and acquisition activity in the stock exchange sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose ...

60 Minutes deception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... Nasdaq hopped by 0.1 per cent. And with nothing to do and nowhere to go, financial markets were forced to replay Big Ben Bernanke's weekend interview with Scott Pelley on "60 Minutes". They didn't like it on its first run, they still didn't like it on ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... their economy." What does the US have to say about all these? According to Bloomberg "Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank must focus on the U.S. rather than overseas economies when trying to spur the recovery by purchasing ...

Smaller QE2 is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... time, what good would a mere US$750 billion do? No wonder Wall Street was disappointed! But according to the WSJ, "Mr. Bernanke has used the analogy of a golfer with a new putter: Unsure how it will work, he finds best strategy is to tap lightly at first ...

QE2 or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... economic data or survey statistics, its officials appear to have already convinced themselves. We heard Chairman Ben Bernanke saying, "...there would appear--all else being equal--to be a case for further action." There's Chicago Fed President Evans ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... would appear--all else being equal--to be a case for further action." With these words, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke virtually ensured that Christmas is coming in November - no ifs, ands, buts or maybes. At least, that's what financial markets ...

Grand currency sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
... States markets. He said investors may be sitting on the sidelines ahead of commentary from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday night. "The FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) tonight release their commentary in terms of monetary policy. ...