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| | | ... third-successive day of gains as the market surged on robust results and an improved economic outlook from the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones Industrial Average leapt 256.72 points, or 3.07 per cent, to 8,616.21. |
| | | | ... and the S&P's by 6.1 per cent. How could this be? Look around you, or at least look at the US. No less than the Federal Reserve itself, admitted at its June FOMC meeting that, "Most participants saw the economy as still quite weak and vulnerable to further ... |
| | | | ... open significantly higher after a strong surge on Wall Street sparked by a brighter economic outlook from the Federal Reserve. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 72 points higher at 3,960. In economic ... |
| | | | ... All Ordinaries fell 117.8 points, or 3.01 per cent, to 3793. NEW YORK - US stocks ended mixed on Tuesday as the Federal Reserve policy committee met to grapple with economic and financial concerns dogging the economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ... |
| | | | ... Financial Oversight Council that will be headed by the chairs of all the main regulators, but coordinated through the Federal Reserve whose role will expand to monitoring the whole financial system rather than just banking and monetary policy, reports ... |
| | | | ... regulatory supervision. President Obama also unveiled wide financial regulatory reform plans that will see the Federal Reserve gain broad powers and a national bank supervisor created to avoid a repeat of the financial crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial ... |
| | | | ... so far this year. If true that economies are still contracting, who are buying all these oil? Perhaps it is the Federal Reserve and other central banks demanding more oil to operate their printing presses. But more likely, given oil's sharp rise, consumers ... |
| | | | ... with higher consumer spending fuelled hopes that the recession could soon end. Those hopes were boosted when the Federal Reserve said the US economy is still contracting but at a "somewhat slower" pace. The Fed maintained near-zero interest rates and ... |
| | | | ... death toll from swine flu reached more than 150 in Mexico. Adding to investor worries was a media report that the Federal Reserve has advised Citigroup and Bank of America that they need to strengthen their capital following "stress tests" conducted ... |
| | | | ... the market. If this continues, the US would have to offer higher and higher interest rates to entice buyers. The Federal Reserve has virtually guaranteed to keep long-term rates low by purchasing these debts directly. Will this be enough to entice China ... |
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