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PIMCO appoints Bernanke to advice role

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
PIMCO has appointed former chairman of the United States Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke as senior adviser. Bernanke will contribute his economic expertise and insights to the firm's investment process and periodically engage PIMCO's clients, the bond ...

Un-taper re-reflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... panacea". Testifying before the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress on 4 October 2011, then Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke declared that, "Monetary policy can be a powerful tool, but it is not a panacea for the problems currently faced by the US economy... ...

"Considerable time", is it a-changin'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... September 2013's taper tantrum when the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker were all convinced that Big Ben Bernanke (remember him?) will announce taper after the 18th September FOMC meeting. The S&P 500 dropped by 4.6% from what was then its ...

FEATURE: Rethinking fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... global financial crisis. However, with US unemployment nearing the 6% target set by former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, the need to position portfolios for the rise has recently become more urgent. The impact of rising rates was highlighted ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... 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 low until the jobs market improves significantly. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen told Congress she has no plans to change monetary policy set under predecessor Ben Bernanke.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... 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, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases December quarter overseas arrivals and departure ...

Another 10 bil to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... emerging markets continuing, all eyes, ears and noses will be on the US Federal Reserve's FOMC meeting - Chairman Ben Bernanke's last - tonight. Here we go again folks, the coin toss that is would they? won't they?...continue the QE rollback they started ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... trading lower as profit-taking continues and investors react negatively to a speech by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. In a speech to the National Economists Club in the US, Dr Bernanke said the US economy remained far from where the Fed wanted ...

CB onslaught

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... Xmas)? There's a gabfest of Fed speakers scattered throughout the week. I counted 9 Fed presidents, plus Chairman Ben Bernanke, doing the rounds of the speaking circuit every single day of this week. New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley ...