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Opt in rules not up for debate

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... all that stands in the way of controversial "opt in" requirements being adopted, if comments from a senior Treasury department official are anything to go by. Speaking at the FPA conference on the Gold Coast, Dr Richard Sandlant, manager of the financial ...

CFS GAM makes a case for raising govt debt

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... public versus private choice for their investments. His views on 'crowding out' are supported by a recent Treasury department working paper, which argues that external factors play a greater role than fiscal policy does in determining short-run interest ...

Fuld me twice

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... general counsel of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. "Instead, the Federal Reserve, the United States Treasury Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and others tried hard to save it - not for its own sake, of course, but for the sake ...

End game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... Obama, whose administration must decide whether to label China as a currency manipulator in a semi-annual Treasury Department report due on April 15." Oh, no! Beijing will be labelled a "currency manipulator." We have to bomb the renminbi to restore ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... weeks. But stocks climbed rapidly as more companies reported better than expected earnings. On Thursday, the Treasury Department ordered seven companies that received billions of dollars in government bailouts to halve total compensation for their top ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... enough to keep the pace of buying strong. Stocks rose to their highest levels in afternoon trading when the Treasury Department said an auction for 30-year Treasury bonds attracted strong demand. That allowed investors to set aside some of their recent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... turned in quarterly reports that beat analysts' expectations. Strong demand for US government debt at the Treasury Department's latest auction also lifted stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 2.25 per cent to 7,924.56.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... all turned in quarterly reports that beat analysts' expectations. Strong demand for government debt at the Treasury Department's latest auction also lifted stocks. Investors had been nervous about the government's ability to fund its economic stimulus ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... surprising increase in home sales. Major stock indicators surged more than six per cent, including the Dow. The Treasury Department's bad asset cleanup program would tap money from the government's $US700 billion ($A1.02 trillion) financial rescue fund ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... closer to dramatically expanding its ownership stakes in the nation's banks, including Citigroup Inc. The Treasury Department, the Fed and other banking regulators said Monday they could convert the government's stock in the banks from preferred shares ...