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Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2006
... close since June 2001, as crude oil prices fell below $US58 a barrel and comments from new Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered few surprises for investors. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 30.58 points at 11,058.97. The Standard & Poor's ...

Daily economic update

... weather. The strength in January is most likely overstated while the weakness in December was likely understated. Ben Bernanke will make his first public appearance as Fed Chairman tomorrow with testimony on the economy and monetary policy to the House ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2006
... tech shares slid after a drop in Google. Investors are worried a speech this week from new Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke could pave the way for more rate increases. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 26.73 points at 10,892.32. The Standard ...

Weekly economic round-up

... testimony before the Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration. New US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will also deliver his first semi-annual monetary policy report to the US House Financial Services Committee. This will ...

Weekly economic round-up

... largely well-behaved when 'the maestro' turned over the helms of the US central bank to White House economic adviser Ben Bernanke at the end of January. The financial markets were unperturbed as Dr. Greenspan's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) delivered ...

A year of growth and developing opportunities: Franklin Templeton

... optimistic, though noted Greenspan was perhaps one of the more talented chairmen the Fed had seen and his replacement, Ben Bernanke, though qualified may lack market experience. In all, Applegate painted a landscape abundant in opportunities, though ...

Daily Economic Update

... carefully dissected but is expected to relate further moves to the accompanying economic reports and leave incoming Chairman Bernanke maximum flexibility. Nevertheless, market participants are assuming the Fed is close to being done. Market expects two ...

Weekly economic round-up

... Market Committee (FOMC) given that this will be Alan Greenspan's final meeting as Fed Chairman. He will be replaced by Ben Bernanke.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2005
... lifting the Dow and S&P 500 to their biggest one-day point gains in six months, after White House economic adviser Ben Bernanke's nomination to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan put to rest some market uncertainty. Earnings reports also ...

Fed policymaker says oil surge "significant shock"

... "significant shock" to the US economy but the longer-term impact should be manageable, Federal Reserve policymaker Ben Bernanke said Thursday. The days of cheap oil appeared to be over, he said. New York's main oil contract is now hovering close to 55 ...