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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... talks sent the euro tumbling after a recent rally. Another weak US indicator further dampened expectations the Federal Reserve will raise US interest rates soon, with analysts now tipping the final quarter of the year for an increase. Tokyo on Tuesday ...

Lies, stats and damned double seasonal adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)" The song instantly played in my head as soon as I read about what the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - the one that Fed Chair Janet Yellen was president of from 2004 to 2010 - just did. The San Fran Fed ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... Securities. US industrial production fell 0.3 per cent in April, the fifth straight month of decline, according to Federal Reserve data. The University of Michigan's US consumer sentiment index plummeted to 88.6 in May from 95.9 in April. Offsetting ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... to unease about the world's biggest economy, which grew slower than expected in the first quarter, and makes a Federal Reserve interest rate rise unlikely in the early summer, reversing expectations from the start of the year. "While US growth is rebounding ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... Kenjol Capital Management. The report was much better than in March, but "was not so strong as to suggest the Federal Reserve may actually raise rates next month," he said. Many economists said the jobs data suggested the Fed likely would wait until ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... Street lost ground in the middle of the week after weaker-than-expected US economic data and a warning from US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that stock valuations were "quite high". Tokyo stocks on Thursday fell 1.23 per cent after a three-day holiday. ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... at 5,631. Wall Street fell for a second straight session following disappointing jobs data and a warning from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on high equity valuations. Locally on Thursday, official jobs figures for April are released, and the Australian ...

RBA cuts as expected, A$ does the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... ahead..." in the May statement. This is it -- the last and final cut. The RBA would from hereon depend on the US Federal Reserve's kindness which it expects "to start increasing its policy rate later this year" to do what it has only partially done for ...

Magellan ups cash weighting to 15%

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... there is a "Great Disagreement" as to where the US monetary policy will head over the next three years. While the Federal Reserve anticipates a normalisation of the economy and the monetary policy, the market is pricing stagnation and low growth and ...

Pubs satisfying BlackRock income thirst

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... until the election is over, which is about a week away. He also believes it is likely to be on hold until the US Federal Reserve moves. On a global scale Thiel said growth and inflation are causing central bank monetary policies to diverge and so far ...