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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... Australian market has received positive leads from overseas, with securities spiking higher on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold and signalled they would stay down for some time yet. Commodities were higher, too. At 0717 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... as Dodd offered a summary of his proposal for financial reform. Meanwhile, investors were cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Tuesday, analysts said. The FOMC is widely expected to hold the benchmark interest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... Australian sharemarket is expected to open relatively flat as Wall Street edged into the red at its close as the Federal Reserve said the economy continues to grow at a slow pace. At 0825 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index ...

Prudential back in town

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... of Prudential, subject to closing adjustments. AIG said it would use the cash portion to repay its debts to the Federal Reserve and sell, over time, the US$10.5 billion of Prudential securities to repay any outstanding debt under the FRBNY Credit Facility. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... rates fell in the bond market as Treasury prices rose. Investors were betting that a weak recovery will force the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, fell to 3.73 ...

Baby steps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... extraordinary credit programs earlier this month, these changes are intended as a further normalization of the Federal Reserve's lending facilities. The modifications are not expected to lead to tighter financial conditions for households and businesses ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
... 4,656.3 points. NEW YORK - US stocks clawed out narrow gains in choppy trade on Friday as investors digested the Federal Reserve's abrupt interest rate rise and the dollar weakened, lifting commodity prices. After sinking in early trade, the Dow Jones ...

When the time comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... present the US economy continues to require the support of highly accommodative monetary policies, at some point the Federal Reserve will need to tighten financial conditions by raising short-term interest rates and reducing the quantity of bank reserves ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... Asia. Stocks started strongly in Europe in response to an upbeat assessment on Wednesday of US prospects by the Federal Reserve as well as an indication from Fed policymakers that US interest rates would remain near zero for the time being. But that ...

One down, more to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... tenor has positive written all over it. Read this one: "In light of improved functioning of financial markets, the Federal Reserve will be closing the Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility, the Commercial Paper Funding ...