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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... down that expectation." He said the speech had also re-ignited hopes the Fed would engage in a third round of quantitative easing to stimulate the economy. Mr Hollows said the Australian dollar was likely to remain above the 105 US cent mark on Tuesday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... Federal Reserve, he said. "The Fed's statements to confirm a recovering US economy and the decreasing need of quantitative easing gave investors reason to take up US dollars," Mr Audencial said. BHP Billiton was down 44 cents, or 1.24 per cent, at $35.17 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2012
... Tuesday. Market watchers believe the recent uplift in the US economy will be enough to stop the recent policy of quantitative easing. The large miners were trading relatively flat, while Australia's big retail banks were weaker. ANZ was off 18 cents ...

Global govt bonds downgrade: Towers Watson

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... into assets perceived as safe have pushed the risk premium significantly lower, according to the firm, with quantitative easing absorbing a significant share of government bond supply while the stock of safe assets reduced due to the European sovereign ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... Wednesday, which showed that some participants wanted the central bank to resume large-scale asset purchases, or quantitative easing, to boost the weak economy. The bond market extended Tuesday's losses. The yield on the 10-year Treasury advanced to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... The BoE said it would pump another STG75 billion ($A120 billion) into the stalled British economy under its quantitative easing policy while the ECB will offer banks longer term concessional funding. In London, the FTSE 100 index of top shares closed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... expectations that US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke will say a third round of economic stimulus, or quantitative easing (QE), will be needed to help the struggling American economy. Mr Bernanke will address a symposium of global central banks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... Hole meeting, Mr Bernanke announced the second round of economic stimulus by the Fed. The policy, known as quantitative easing (QE), is when the Fed buys government bonds from commercial banks in an effort to free up funds and encourage banks to lend ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... JB Hi-Fi and Argo Investments. Overseas, the US Federal Reserve meets on Tuesday where it will consider new quantitative easing to boost the US economy. China will also release important inflation figures on Tuesday that will guide whether it raises ...

S.O.S

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... SOS by supplying lotsa lotsa greenbacks. Yes I know, I know. Everybody's still debating whether the Fed's quantitative easing worked. FOMC voting member Charles Plosser's remarks about debt ceiling could also apply to QE3. "It could be very bad. At some ...