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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... euro rose against the dollar and European stocks advanced on Tuesday amid concerns over the strength of the US economic recovery and ahead of a speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Dealers also kept a close watch on the oil market as speculation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... straight day of gains as stronger commodity price gave rise to more optimistic views on the prospects for a global economic recovery. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index added 62.7 points, or 1.34 per cent, to 4,756.4 points, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... The market's broad sell off, which sent all 10 industry groups in the S&P 500 index lower, is a sign that the economic recovery still seems uncertain at times. Strong earnings have been carrying the market higher since the beginning of 2011. On Tuesday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... 0.84 per cent, to 4813.8. NEW YORK - Serious doubts about the health of the job market and the pace of the US economic recovery put markets on edge on Wednesday. Stocks fell after payroll processor ADP said companies added 179,000 new jobs in April ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... Wednesday's conclusion of a two-day meeting of the 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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
... Dealers said an unexpected jump in US new unemployment claims also hit sentiment, denting confidence in the US economic recovery after recent jobs data had been much more encouraging. Greek money market rates jumped sharply after German Finance Minister ...

Economic woes keep US growth in check

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... unemployment rate. But Feldstein, once chief economic advisor to former US president Ronald Reagan, said the US economic recovery faced resistance once the fiscal stimulus of QEII was wound back. He said rising oil prices had a direct impact on growth ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... global supply. These developments seem unlikely to have persistent effects on consumer inflation or to derail the economic recovery and hence do not, in my view, warrant any substantial shift in the stance of monetary policy." It was the same tune that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... the day, finding support in strong US jobs data. They said the US figures bolstered the case for a strong US economic recovery, helping stocks, but reports of a 7.4 magnitude quake in northeastern Japan, the same area devastated last month, set nerves ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
... ahead of an expected eurozone interest rate rise. Dealers said the underlying tone was positive - the global economic recovery remains intact, with the United States picking up nicely, and that is enough to offset concerns over Middle East unrest and ...