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Greece's bundle of debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... currency. The Indonesian rupiah was allowed to float in July 1997, sparking a precipitous slide from 2430 rupiahs to one US dollar to as low as 16,745 a year later - that's 85.5% depreciation. This helped set Indonesia on the road to recovery. Not so ...

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... early gains wilted to almost nothing but the euro ticked up after Greece and its creditors held debt reform talks. The US dollar edged up following a broadly upbeat round of reports on the US economy as investors look ahead to the release on Friday of ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... optimism across European equity markets and prompted a strong rally for the euro which surged above 1.1250 against the US dollar," said Sucden Research Analyst Myrto Sokou. The ECB launched its bond-buying stimulus program in March to fight falling prices ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... investors bet on the Bank of Japan announcing more monetary easing, while the yen sits around 12-year lows against the US dollar. On Monday the US dollar was at Y124.20 in Tokyo against Y124.12 late Friday in New York. The greenback briefly touched Y124.46 ...

US data says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... index gained 0.2% (later than sooner lift-off) but yields on 10-year US Treasuries rose to 2.18% from 2.12% and the US dollar index appreciated by 0.6% to 97.4 overnight (sooner than later lift-off). The reason for this - and this is the best explanation ...

Winter of our discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... 0.5% in the final quarter of last year. While we've all been given the excuse of the severe winter weather, the strong US dollar, the West Coast shipping strike and "erroneous seasonal adjustment" for another one of those weak first quarter in America... ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... that Greece will default on its debt obligations. An upbeat series of US data has put the wind back in the sails of the US dollar, which is sitting just below eight-year highs against the yen as the chances of an interest rate rise increase. Seoul sank ...

Market lower in broad sell-off

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... Pretty made a sudden exit from the company. On Wall Street in the US on Tuesday, stocks fell sharply on a strengthening US dollar despite news of Charter Communication's $US78.7 billion ($A100.6 billion) deal to buy Time Warner Cable. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Strong USD reflects (deflects) lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... 'ber' months for sure. It could be in September or in October or in November or in December but you can bet your bottom US dollar, it'll be in the year 2-0-1-5. The lady who's finger is at the trigger told us so only last week. "I think it will be appropriate ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... share price index futures contract was down 30 points at 5,748. Wall Street stocks fell one per cent on a strengthening US dollar despite news of Charter Communication's $US78.7 billion ($A100.6 billion) deal to buy Time Warner Cable. Locally on Wednesday ...