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US Congress votes to raise debt ceiling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
Both houses of the US Congress have passed a bill to increase the US debt ceiling, with no additional debt ceiling increases expected to be needed until 2015. It was passed first in the House of Representatives 221 to 201 after an estimated 30 Republicans ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... cent to $US207.13 billion ($A229.81 billion), while imports were up 10.0 per cent at $US175.27 billion. Dr Yellen told Congress she expects to continue predecessor Ben Bernanke's plan to wind down the Fed's bond-buying gradually and keep interest rates ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... Limited was up eight cents to $34.84. Meanwhile, US stocks opened higher after new Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen told Congress she has no plans to change monetary policy set under predecessor Ben Bernanke.

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... Wednesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 36 points at 5,239. Dr Yellen late Tuesday (AEDT) told Congress she had no plans to change the monetary policy set under her predecessor Ben Bernanke. In local economic news on Wednesday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... Meanwhile, US stocks edged higher the day before new Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen gives her premier testimony to Congress, with attention focused on how she views recent employment weakness. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 7.71 points at ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... higher following a mixed performance on Wall Street ahead of new Federal Reserve head Janet Yellen's first testimony to Congress. At 0832 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up one point at 5,170. In economic news on Tuesday ...

Obama launches myRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
President of the United States Barack Obama has proposed a new retirement savings program called MyRA to help Americans prepare for retirement. The plan was unveiled in last week's 2014 State of the Union address. The plan will not require Congressional ...

Another 10 bil to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... president Dennis Lockhart said about the emerging market rout then: "You have to remember that we are a legal creature of Congress and that we only have a mandate to concern ourselves with the interest of the United States."...and St. Louis Fed's James ...

China heading for debt disaster, sure sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... Soros' writing about China's looming debt disaster. "To Soros, the main risk facing the world isn't the euro, the US Congress or a Japanese asset bubble, but a Chinese debt disaster that's unfolding in plain sight." The title of Peter Cai's article on ...

China's still going but will it go slow-er?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013