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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... morning (Australian time) that it will start to wind back its asset buying program, which has helped stimulate the US economy for several years. At 1025 AEST Mining giant BHP Billiton was 28 cents lower at $35.99, Rio Tinto had lost 57 cents to $62.83 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... a sign the Fed may delay shutting down its stimulus program. Immediately after the US Labor Department reported the US economy added 169,000 jobs last month and revised lower the previous two months numbers, stocks in Europe swung into gains on Friday. ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... still only taper its quantitative easing measures "slowly over time so it won't have too much of a large effect on the US economy".

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... per cent to 4,006.80 points. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose, following an upbeat Federal Reserve report on the US economy and positive European growth data, but gains were capped by profit taking and lingering concerns over Syria. While a positive ...

Growth and QE - will this time be different?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis' summary of the National Accounts revision to know it's gotten so good for the US economy. "The increase in real GDP in the second quarter primarily reflected positive contributions from personal consumption expenditures ...

One-third of US federal workers could retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... 2009 when the GFC was in full swing, reported The Washington Post. The retirement rush coincides with more signs the US economy is emerging out of its slowdown although there are fears of renewed rumblings of another Congress showdown over the debt ceiling. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... Wall Street fell following a disappointing durable goods report which raised fresh concerns about the strength of the US economy. The fall was sharply exacerbated when Secretary of State John Kerry warned the US would demand "accountability" after an ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... 0.73 per cent to 8,376.29 points, and the CAC 40 in Paris shed 0.51 per cent to 4,093.20 points. Data suggesting the US economy is recovering has triggered stock selloffs as investors see that as indication the Fed could begin to reduce as soon as September ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... following gains on Wall Street, as investors awaited fresh numbers that will give an indication of the health of the US economy. Tokyo shares closed up 1.32 per cent, or 183.16 points, at 14,050.16 because of bargain-hunting in late trading on Wednesday ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... markets rose with Tokyo lifted by a weaker yen ahead of fresh numbers that will give an indication of the strength of the US economy. Tokyo jumped 2.57 per cent by the close after slipping on Monday following disappointing Japanese growth figures. Seoul ...