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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... half-yearly testimony to Congress on monetary policy, but quickly headed south as he began to address the Senate Banking Committee. "The economic outlook remains unusually uncertain," the Fed chief told lawmakers. The central bank remained "prepared ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... more stimulus to the US economy. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is due to speak before the US Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday (US time).

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... additional stimulus to the US economy. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke was due to speak before the US Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday (US time). The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 75.53, or 0.74 per cent, at 10,229.96 points. The ...

Instos lobby for Main Street

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... experts have banded together to offer lawmakers a list of "do's and don'ts" in governance reforms as the Senate Banking Committee mulls over a bill by chairman Christopher Dodd to plug regulatory gaps exposed by the GFC. The group, led by the Council ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... Standard & Poor's 500 index ended virtually flat, up 0.52 point (0.05 per cent), to settle at 1,150.51. Senate banking committee chairman Christopher Dodd outlined plans to regulate the massive US banking sector, warning an overhaul was needed to prevent ...

Acronyms pull down USD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... macro-environment for the second quarter economy through to the remainder of 2009. Speaking before the US Senate Banking Committee, Geithner stressed that the government remains determined to win the battle to sweep away toxic debts from banks' balance ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... or 3.5 per cent. Other major stock indexes rose about four per cent. In his semiannual report to the Senate Banking Committee, Bernanke predicted the economy is likely to keep contracting in the first six months of 2009, but that "there is a reasonable ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... nationalise some banks in order to facilitate a swift and orderly restructuring.' Almost at the same time, US Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd remarked that some US banks might have to be nationalised for a 'short time.' He was referring ...

Bail-out might breach US constitution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... bail-out breaches the US constitution are making it difficult for Congress to quickly approach the bill. At Senate Banking Committee hearings on Capitol Hill, Senator Christopher J Dodd, a Democrat congressman, said, "After reading this proposal, I can ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2006
... hinted the central bank may be close to ending two years of interest rate hikes. Bernanke told the US Senate Banking Committee he saw core inflation moderating in the approaching quarters. Strong earnings from banks such as JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank ...