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Midday Market Wrap: Dollar up after employment announcements

... The Australian bond market opened fractionally stronger today after gleaning some impetus from a firming United States Treasury market overnight. At 0900 AEST the yield on the Commonwealth Government May 2013 bond was at 5.565 per cent from 5.575 at ...

NAB and St George access offshore credit markets

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... 12-year 144A lower tier 2 subordinated debt transaction at a re-offer spread of 110 basis points over the August 2013 US Treasury note via Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch. The transaction size was increased from an anticipated $US300 million due to strong ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks rebound on comforting data

... 4,169.2. Despite the strong rally in stocks, US bonds managed to eke out further small gains. The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond fell one point to 3.93%. But the inconclusive ISM report saw the US dollar continue to weaken against a broad range of ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks sag, bonds soar on weak data

... on the data and earnings warnings, the yield on the 10-year bond falling 14 points to 3.94%. The yield on the two-year Treasury note plunged 15 points to 1.46%, reviving speculation of a further Fed easing. The US dollar strengthened to 111.4 yen after ...

Higher budget surplus has little economic implications: HSBC economist

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2003
... discretion in the timing of tax payments to government. "What the figures really suggest is the Australian Tax Office and Treasury made very poor forecasts of expected revenue," he said. He said the rise in company taxes wasn't a sign the economy had ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks up, dollar sinks to fresh lows

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2003
... reversed some of the gains won last week, hurt by the rebound in stocks and the weaker dollar. The yield on the two-year Treasury note rose five points to 1.61%, while yields on the benchmark 10-year bond jumped eight points to 4.08%. All Ordinaries ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks continue to slide

... the previous close. The weakness in stocks allowed US bond yields to continue drifting lower. The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond fell nine points to 4.00%, while the yield on the two-year note fell 11 points to 1.56%. The US dollar was broadly steady ...

State Treasurer urges Victorians to back the 'Pies' for better economic times

... that past Magpies premierships had brought low unemployment, high population growth and solid stock market gains. "What treasury has done is gone right back to 1950, so this is a 52-year analysis of all of the economic data, trying to correlate the performance ...

Morning market wrap: US Treasuries rally, NYSE chairman resigns

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2003
... at multi-decade lows then the long-awaited acceleration in economic growth really must be a long way off. The two year Treasury note ended at 1.60% from 1.58% at the previous close, while the 10 year note finished the day at 4.18% from 4.27% as the Tuesday's ...

Morning market wrap: Technicals push US stocks modestly higher

... 100 end 4.4 points lower at 4,237.8. The US bond market rallied after the release of the data, the yield in the 10-year Treasury bond falling 6 points to 4.26%. The yield on the 2-year note ended at 1.63%, compared with a recent high of 2.14% less than ...