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We'll cut rates again if we have to: US Fed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2008
US Federal Reserve governor Ben Bernanke has warned that he is ready to cut rates further if that is what is necessary to shake the US economy out of its slow slide into recession, raising speculation that the AUD and oil prices will continue to skyrocket. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... code TEU. Australian stocks overcame a poor start on Friday to rise 1.4 per cent after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke reignited hopes for another US rate cut by Christmas. The local rally would have been stronger if National Australia Bank ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
... offset a rise in energy shares. Disappointing retail profits and caution before a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke later on Thursday also kept a lid on the market. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 9.43 points, or 0.07 per cent ...

Jay-Z versus Greenspan

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... about the state of our economy. I just need Jay-Z, the new Alan Greenspan," he said. Both Federal Reserve Governor Ben Bernanke and his colleague, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher have been quite vocal in reassuring the world there's no chance of ...

Sub-prime Godzilla tramples Japan

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
... economy would get worse before it got better, thanks to a downward spiralling housing market, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced forecasts for economic growth, unemployment and inflation will double in frequency, with an extended horizon ...

Sub-prime's house of cards

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... 25,100 jobs after losing $731 million last year. In his statement on the US monetary outlook, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered few clues to future monetary policy, only acknowledging that sub-prime woes could get worse and that US$150 billion ...

Growing credit crunch casualty list

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... problem that created the credit crunch in the first place. In a speech in New York yesterday, Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, reiterated the downside risk to growth going forward, saying housing will remain a significant drag on US growth into ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... global credit crunch arising from problems in the US sub-prime mortgage market. "The market is pretty confident that Bernanke (US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke) will be pretty aggressive in trying to prop up the market," Mr Foulsham said. Among ...

Sub-prime 20/20 hindsight

... Greenspan cut rates on both those occasions and criticism is rife among some investors that current Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke, has failed to be as forceful in responding to current financial turmoil. Most local economists and market observers are expecting ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... Australian sharemarket started the week in full stride, after US President George Bush and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reassured US investors they would work to rectify recent market troubles. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had ...