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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2006
... sentiment, while tech shares slid after a drop in Google. Investors are worried a speech this week from new Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke could pave the way for more rate increases. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 26.73 points at 10,892.32. ...

Weekly economic round-up

... semi-annual testimony before the Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration. New US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will also deliver his first semi-annual monetary policy report to the US House Financial Services Committee. ...

Daily economic update

... engineering professionals (up 1.6 per cent). Vacancies declined by 12.6 per cent from a year ago. US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's retirement and last Federal Open Market Committee meeting dominated overseas news. As expected, the FOMC unanimously ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2005
... one-day point gains in six months, after White House economic adviser Ben Bernanke's nomination to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan put to rest some market uncertainty. Earnings reports also buoyed investor sentiment. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Weekly economic roundup

... market performance at the beginning of the week. Likewise, markets will be dissecting speeches by US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and other Fed officials for clues on the central bank's thinking on the economy and their outlook on interest ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2005
... Australia governor Ian Macfarlane, who speaks in Melbourne tonight. NEW YORK - US blue-chip stocks rose after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan offered remarks considered benign for stocks, while technology shares were hit by a Wall Street downgrade ...

Greenspan says global recovery strengthening

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2004
... the past year but some countries like Japan face a significant threat if oil prices remain elevated, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said. In written responses to questions submitted to Greenspan on July 20 before the Senate Banking Committee ...

Greenspan says US economy in broad expansion, rates uncertain

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2004
Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday the US economy is in a broad, jobs-rich expansion and he could not rule out steeper-than-expected interest rate increases. \"Not only has economic activity quickened, but the expansion has become ...

Greeenspan says US businesses, consumers able to handle rate rise

US consumers and businesses are financially fit enough to take an interest rate rise, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday. On Tuesday, Greenspan and fellow policymakers indicated the days of rock-bottom rates -- with the federal funds ...

Australia well-insulated against US rate hikes: Costello

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2004
... So there will be a movement in American interest rates," Costello told reporters after meeting with US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. "We've got a lot more insulation than many other countries... There will be worldwide pressure in relation ...