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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 ...

So where's the QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... accommodative policies at the appropriate time." "... risks to financial stability." "... possibility that the Federal Reserve could incur financial losses should interest rates rise to an unexpected extent." Apart from these costs, "... nontraditional ...

The QE question

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... "in light of a forecast of the future performance of the economy." And "there is scope for further action by the Federal Reserve to ease financial conditions and strengthen the recovery." To QE not. The stock markets have not collapsed. Remember our ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... was revised upward to 1.7 per cent from 1.5 per cent, and data on pending home sales in July was strong. But the Federal Reserve's periodic Beige Book survey of regional economies, a key input into policy decisions, was slightly less buoyant than the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012
... open higher following on from Wall Street's end of week positive lead, boosted by new hints at stimulus from the Federal Reserve and more reports on the European Central Bank's possible bond buying. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the September share price index ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher after a mixed close on Wall Street overnight after the Federal Reserve could act before too long to stimulate the sluggish US economy. At 0748 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... for the last few days." US stocks rallied for a third straight day, buoyed by hopes for more stimulus from the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank to boost weak economies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 51.09 points, or 0.39 per ...

Blahs take the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... with our Olympics theme, it's turning out to be a blah relay. This time, Eric S. Rosengren -- president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - is running with the blah baton. In his interview with the Wall Street Journal, Rosengren told the world that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... 0.43 per cent, at 4,311.4. US stocks rallied for a third straight day, buoyed by hopes for more stimulus from the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank to boost weak economies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 51.09 points, or 0.39 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street overnight amid disappointment the Federal Reserve kept monetary policy unchanged. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was down 10 points ...