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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... NEW YORK - The US stock market closed higher on Wednesday as a weaker US dollar lifted gold prices and Federal Reserve officials signalled that borrowing rates would remain low. The moves in the US dollar again tugged at stocks, a pattern that has become ...

Lower, higher, steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... spite of the lingering worries over the housing and financial sectors and the economy in general, some Federal Reserve officials are making noises about the need for tighter monetary policy. For instance, Fed President Lacker last night noted that current ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... protect their own markets." In the US overnight, stocks dropped for a third consecutive session after Federal Reserve officials cast doubt on the outlook for more interest rate cuts, with the Nasdaq closing in bear market territory. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Dollar for dollar

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
Despite the doom and gloom coming from the mouths of former Fed Chief Alan Greenspan and Federal Reserve officials, Wall Street's record-breaking performance overnight jettisoned the Australian share market into uncharted territory at today's open. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
... Semiconductor Corp cut its quarterly revenue forecast. Investors also waited on comments from senior Federal Reserve officials, including Chairman Ben Bernanke, for clues on the outlook for US interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average was down ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2006
... merchandise imports data. NEW YORK - US stocks slipped, retracing recent gains, as inflation talk from Federal Reserve officials fueled expectations of further interest rate hikes. Declines ing interest-rate-sensitive stocks such as Bank of America ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2006
... worries about rising interest rates and slower economic growth after the latest warnings on inflation from Federal Reserve officials. Investors were also cautious about taking new positions before key inflation data due this week. The Nasdaq suffered ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
... continues in the US. Financial markets settled down slightly overnight following calming words by US Federal Reserve officials. Equity and bond markets tumbled yesterday following the release of higher-than-expected CPI figures raising expectations that ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2006
... speaks in Melbourne. NEW YORK - US stocks rallied, helped by a drop in crude oil prices and comments from Federal Reserve officials that could signal the Fed is almost done with raising interest rates. The interest-rate sentiment helped financial shares ...

Daily economic update

... Financial markets will be hoping to get more clues on the outlook for US monetary policy from speeches by Federal Reserve officials later today. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will deliver a speech entitled, 'Reflections on the Yield Curve and Monetary Policy,' ...