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Australian stock market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... the market continued to weigh the implications of Friday's surprisingly good US jobs report, especially for the Federal Reserve's plans for an interest rate hike. The jobs report "was a game changer that people are still struggling to digest", said Chris ...

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... projection to 2.5 per cent from the prior forecast of 3.1 per cent. IMF chief Christine Lagarde called on the Federal Reserve to hold off on a rate hike in 2015, saying growth conditions are not yet firm enough for it. Meanwhile Greece was still apparently ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... April, slower growth in the US services sector in May and a solid 201,000 new private-sector jobs in May. The Federal Reserve's Beige Book reported that the US economy returned to modest-to-moderate growth during April and May after stalling in the first ...

Van Eck goes local on EM fixed income

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... times. He said phase one of US interest rates rising is "good" and consistent with strong final demand but when the Federal Reserve hikes it may expose vulnerabilities. Fine added Van Eck were one of the only, if not the only, long holding EM bond with ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... or 626.90 points, to 27,454.31. The dollar has resumed its bull run against the yen on growing expectations the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates by the end of the year while Japan's central bank is tipped to embark on more monetary easing to ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... managing director of equity trading at Wedbush Securities. Stronger US data has also sparked speculation the US Federal Reserve will hike interest rates "sooner than people are looking for", James said. Time Warner Cable jumped 7.3 per cent following ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... for the short-term." HONG KONG - Asian markets have advanced, with Tokyo boosted by a weaker yen after the US Federal Reserve chief stuck to her plan to raise interest rates by year-end. The euro suffered further losses as Greece warned it did not have ...

Shares higher on US rate outlook

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... major banks. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said stocks were also supported by comments from US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that the Federal Funds Rate will be raised later this year, adding that the rises will be gradual. "She made ...

Market lower as Wall Street falls

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... June share price index futures contract was down nine points at 5,6732. On Friday, US stocks finished lower after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the plan to raise interest rates this year was on track. Locally on Monday, OZ Minerals and Reef ...

Don't put all QE in the same basket: AXA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
The quantitative easing (QE) programs undertaken by the United States, Europe and Japan are essentially different from each other and investors should expect different economic impacts for each one of them. AXA Framlington head of Asia Mark Tinker said ...