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Modi under the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... difficult to act." A winner amid Asia deflation Falls in energy prices and Asia's central banks' links with the US Federal Reserve are sending deflationary winds to the region. Lawson noted that countries such as India or Korea should benefit from the ...

PIMCO appoints Bernanke to advice role

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
PIMCO has appointed former chairman of the United States Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke as senior adviser. Bernanke will contribute his economic expertise and insights to the firm's investment process and periodically engage PIMCO's clients, the bond ...

When?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
That was a bit of an anti-climax, wasn't it? The outcome of the anxiously-awaited US Federal Reserve's two-day FOMC meeting, that is. And it took them all of two-days to come up with well... basically what you, I and Irene already knew and expected....while ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... analysts due in part to extremely harsh winter weather in some regions and the West Coast port strike. The US Federal Reserve said the slower growth was due "in part" to transitory factors and that the economy should resume expanding at a "moderate pace." ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... dollar has jumped above the US 80 cent mark on the back of weak US consumer confidence data and concerns about the Federal Reserve's policy meeting that starts on Wednesday, US time. As for the banks, the Commonwealth Bank was down six cents to $92.52 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street fell as investors awaited Apple earnings results and a Federal Reserve policy meeting. At 0816 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up nine points at 5,981. In local ...

No inflation but no growth either: Janus Capital

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... asset allocation Enrique Chang. Visiting Australia to meet with existing and potential new clients, Chang said the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and other organisations are attempting to generate growth but it hasn't worked as well as anyone ...

Volcker Alliance proposes new US regulator system

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... Volcker Alliance, a non-partisan regulatory think tank comprising former senior regulators and led by former US Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker, have released a report arguing that the structure of financial regulation in the US still needs major ...

Mining capex in a hole

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... rates by 50 basis points. BlackRock says economic growth and monetary policy are diverging globally and the US Federal Reserve is gearing up for its first rate rise since 2006. The firm says the central banks of Europe and Japan are pushing the monetary ...

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... usual trigger people have in mind is a rise in US interest rates. The US economy now looks strong enough for the Federal Reserve to consider increasing its policy rate later in the year. In itself, this should be welcomed. And it will have been very ...