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Fears Volcker Rule will hit sovereign bond trading

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... several US regulators including the US Department of Treasury's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The legislation is now up for public consultation with the consultation window ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
... The S&P 500 index is up less than 1 point to 1,293. The Nasdaq is up 6 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 2,734. The Federal Reserve said manufacturing rose 0.9 per cent in December, the biggest increase since December 2010. Output surged as companies bought ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... lowest level since May 2008. That's a sign that layoffs are easing. The New York and Philadelphia branches of the Federal Reserve reported big jumps in manufacturing. All but two of the 10 industry groups in the S&P 500 rose. Utilities and health care ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... that would calm markets. After trading down most of the day, the markets got a boost from a late report from the Federal Reserve showing consumer credit was growing at a 3.7 per cent annual rate in September, another sign that US consumers are spending ...

Vanguard founder joins MLC board

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... the MLC board. "Jeremy is an industry veteran after initially starting out as an assistant economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in the USA back in 1979," said MLC chair Geoff Tomlinson "Since then, he has held a series of senior roles ...

Europe push-US pull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... Coming on the heels of yesterday's better-than expected retail sales and Empire State manufacturing reports, the Federal Reserve released industrial production figures that showed factory output advancing by 0.7% in October after a small 0.06 dip in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... billion, with 332 stocks up, 414 down and 309 unchanged. On Wall Street on Wednesday, stocks rebounded after the Federal Reserve's policymakers kept ultra-low interest rates and said they were prepared to do more if needed to stimulate the sluggish economy. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... index was down 45.9 points, or 1.07 per cent, at 4,251.3 points. NEW YORK - US stocks have rebounded after the Federal Reserve's policymakers kept ultra-low interest rates and said they were prepared to do more if needed to stimulate the sluggish economy. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... trend since early April. Also helping was a surge in the regional economic index of the Philadelphia branch of the Federal Reserve, showing better than expected activity in manufacturing, the best in three months. Existing-home sales fell 3.0 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... index was 25.3 points, or 0.6 per cent, stronger at 4,274.8. NEW YORK - US stocks fell sharply Wednesday after the Federal Reserve's "Beige Book" portrayed a still-weak economy in September, as big losses from tech stars Apple and Amazon pulled the Nasdaq ...