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Fuld me twice

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... hearing that had the failed investment bank been granted access to the emergency liquidity facilities offered by the Federal Reserve to its contemporaries on September 14 (2008), "Lehman would have had time for at least an orderly wind down or for an ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2010
... however, it is reasonable to expect some pickup in growth in 2011 and in subsequent years." Big Ben underscored the Federal Reserve's response. "The Federal Reserve is already supporting the economic recovery by maintaining an extraordinarily accommodative ...

Glum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... addresses world central bankers at Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He's going to talk on "The Economic Outlook and the Federal Reserve's Policy Response". But he could yak all he wants and still be unable to soothe market nerves especially if the financial press ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... investors expect all businesses to suffer if the economy continues to weaken. Investor gloom deepened a day after the Federal Reserve said it would begin buying government bonds as a way to stimulate the economy. News of slower industrial growth in China ...

Bending it like Bernanke

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... going. "To help support the economic recovery in a context of price stability, the Committee will keep constant the Federal Reserve's holdings of securities at their current level by reinvesting principal payments from agency debt and agency mortgage-backed ...

US reforms pave way for super investments

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... Introduced last month, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection act makes recommendations to the Federal Reserve for increasingly strict rules for capital, leverage, liquidity and risk management and other requirements as companies grow ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... Americans have said they're going to leave interest rates where they are," Mr Bishop said. "The chairman of the Federal Reserve said he will restimulate the American economy if the need arises. "We've been looking for an excuse to go up, and this is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market fell after a flat trading day for stocks in the United States where the Federal Reserve suggested additional measures may be needed to combat a weakening economy. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed down 25.12 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... higher, lifted by hefty gains from the big miners and major banks. NEW YORK - A weaker economic forecast from the Federal Reserve has chilled the stock market's winning streak. The major indices closed narrowly mixed on Wednesday, all of them moving ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... 5.3 points, or 0.12 per cent, to 4504.1. NEW YORK - US stocks tumbled on Thursday as investors fretted about the Federal Reserve's more cautious outlook on the economic recovery from recession and looming financial reform legislation. The Dow Jones Industrial ...