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Baby steps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... I somehow recall saying early in the year to underweight bonds didn't I?) This is what Pimco's boss, Bill Gross, told Reuters: "I don't think the Fed dares increase the fed funds or policy rate in the face of unemployment at double-digit type of levels. ...

Good news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... (ARRA) - the Obama administration is congratulating itself for a job well done. The fiscal and monetary stimulus worked. Reuters reports that the White House will release a report tomorrow stating that the US$787 billion ARRA stimulus averted Great Depression ...

Market Wrap - Morning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... January from a revised 49.8 in December. The January reading was below the level of 51 that analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had been expecting. Any number above 50 signals growth. At settlement, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 26.30 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... filing for unemployment benefits for the first time rose by 36,000 to 482,000 last week. Economists polled by Thomson Reuters were expecting a small drop. The four-week average rose for the first time since August. The unemployment rate remained at 10 ...

Dubai games

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... with its creditors. This means that it has US$5.9 billion spare change to tide it over until April 2010. But hang on. Reuters reports that Limitless World (also a unit of Dubai World) and Borse Dubai (60 per cent state-owned) have some US$3.7 billion ...

US reform tightens net on big firms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... economic instability. Voters have given the green light to a bill to rein in firms seen as "too big to fail", according to Reuters reports. The bill proposes a system of increasingly restrictive rules for large, high-risk firms, leading potentially to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... better than the 1.1 per cent rise in October. Separate data also showed business inventories rose in October, while the Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index increased more than expected in December. LONDON - European stock markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... a hopeful sign of improvement in the job market. Economists had expected an increase, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters. The report comes a day ahead of the government's November unemployment report. A separate government report found that economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... mines and utilities rose 0.1 per cent in October, less than the 0.4 per cent predicted by economists polled by Thomson Reuters. Meanwhile, signs of inflation remained muted, in a positive signal for the economy. The Labor Department's Produce Price Index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... The market briefly stumbled in morning trading after a report found the mood of consumers had darkened. The preliminary Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index for November came in at 66.0, down from 70.6 in October. That made investors ...