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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open flat despite falls on Wall Street overnight as euphoria over the Federal Reserve's new QE3 stimulus fade amid concerns about weakness in US manufacturing and anti-American unrest in the Middle East. At ...

Why QE3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... purchases, a substantial body of empirical work on their effects has emerged. Generally, this research finds that the Federal Reserve's large-scale purchases have significantly lowered long-term Treasury yields. For example, studies have found that the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher, continuing last week's positive theme after the Federal Reserve announced fresh measures to stimulate the US economy. At 0753 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 20 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... in terms of today, across the board we're going to have a much better day," he said. US stocks soared after the Federal Reserve said it would buy $US40 billion of mortgage-backed securities a month, to push down long-term interest rates and stimulate ...

The Fed may have gone too far

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... Bernanke saying that he will do all he can, there are not many options left, Power said, after the enactment of the Federal Reserve's latest round of quantative easing, QE3. The United States' central bank will purchase $US40 billion a month in mortgage-backed ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... Ordinaries index fell 23.3 points, or 0.53 per cent, to 4,359.8 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have soared after the Federal Reserve announced a new "QE3" bond-buying program focused on boosting jobs and pulling the housing market back to life. After trading ...

Two down, one to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... we'll know the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy deliberations. Bloomberg reports that, "The Federal Reserve is likely to announce a third round of bond purchases tomorrow, according to almost two-thirds of economists in a Bloomberg ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
... companies finished down 0.17 per cent at 5782.08 points, with investors looking ahead to a possible decision by the Federal Reserve to add further monetary stimulus to the US economy. The euro was being traded above $1.29 for the first time for four ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... SYDNEY - The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street as investors wait to see if the Federal Reserve's policy meeting later in the week will lead to stimulatory measures. At 0749 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... 96,000 jobs were added in August, and that 368,000 people dropped out of the jobs market, convincing many that the Federal Reserve will have to act to boost growth in its policy meeting next week. In economic news on Monday, The Australian Bureau of ...