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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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
Australian stocks are expected to open higher on Thursday with the Federal Reserve's positive statements about the state of the economic recovery in the US driving gains on Wall Street. At 0804 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price ...

Now that's challenging

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
... lobbying power of money. Oh by the way, we also thought that Ben Bernanke's re-election to the chairmanship of the Federal Reserve would just be rubber-stamped. It's looking shaky now. Now what else didn't we think about?

Bonds need a double dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... sustainable growth. Suddenly investors are concerned that America could double dip into a recession should the Federal Reserve start raising rates - possibly as early as mid-year. But if investors really believe that the US would double dip at worst ...

Stimulexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... quantity of planned asset purchases could be scaled back, and that it might become appropriate to begin reducing the Federal Reserve's holdings of longer-term assets..." Wait...and see. "The Committee emphasized that it would continue to evaluate the ...

Fixing an industry on steroids

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... the biggest wealth transfer to the current generation from future generations," he said. Mayo, who worked at the Federal Reserve 20 years ago when it faced exactly the same problem at the time (how to help banks recover from the crisis then) said Wall ...

Inflation-linked bonds armour against rising risk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... surge. QIC chief economist Matthew Peter said the inflationary risk lay in the timing and implementation of the Federal Reserve's exit strategy which may lead to excess growth in the money supply and higher rates of inflation. "The US Federal Reserve ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... morning following news that job cuts fell sharply in November, but that report also brought expectations that the Federal Reserve could raise rates or remove other supports from the economy. Treasuries and gold fell as demand for safe-haven investments ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... informative...and entertaining. Enjoy! Four years ago when you came before the Senate for confirmation to be Chairman of the Federal Reserve, I was the only Senator to vote against you. In fact, I was the only Senator to even raise serious concerns about ...

AIA looks to list

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... stock exchange after its former parent company, American International Group (AIG) paid off more debt owed to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. AIG announced it had reduced the debt it owes the Federal Reserve Bank of New York by $25 billion. In ...