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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... slightly higher, after falling on Tuesday as the launch by Apple of a watch and new iPhone petered out and the Federal Reserve signalled more stringent capital requirements for banks. In share trading, Europe's biggest home-improvements chain Kingfisher ...

FRBSF takes on Jackson Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Thank you FRBSF! Join me Virginia, in thanking the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (yup, that's what the FRBSF stands for) for its recently-released economic research titled, "Assessing Expectations of Monetary Policy". Thank the FRBSF for bringing ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... futures contract is down 18 point at 5,585. Wall Street stocks have fallen, pulled down by major banks after the Federal Reserve signalled more stringent capital requirements. At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 17,013.87, down 97.55 ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... from Wall Street, where stocks picked up on encouraging US economic data before a keynote speech this week by the Federal Reserve chief. Tokyo ended flat on Wednesday, edging up 4.66 points to 15,454.45 after data showed a rebound in exports helped narrow ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following a mixed performance on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates near zero and surprisingly strong second-quarter US economic growth data. At 0807 AEST on Thursday, the September ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher despite Wall Street closing mostly lower after the Federal Reserve warned that some technology stocks appear to be overvalued. At 0815 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract ...

So good but for the wrong spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... high, boosting confidence in the world's largest economy and fueling speculation growth is robust enough for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next year." Bloomberg was undoubtedly referring to the ISM manufacturing and Markit manufacturing ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... refinery, but rebels remain in control of swathes of the country. LONDON - European stock markets climbed after the Federal Reserve indicated that ultra-low US interest rates would remain in place for a considerable time. London's FTSE 100 index of top ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street's S&P 500 bolted to a new record following the Federal Reserve's decision to keep its interest rates ultra low. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... gains on Wall Street where investors weighed continued violence in Iraq and mixed US economic data ahead of the Federal Reserve policy statement. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down three points at 5,395. Locally ...