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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... start when it opens on Thursday after Wall Street closed steady despite earlier gains on new measures from the US Federal Reserve to boost the US economy. Wall Street was higher but fell in the last hour of trade as Fed chairman Ben Bernanke said the ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... the fiscal cliff. The US dollar edged up slightly against the yen after falling in New York trade ahead of a US Federal Reserve meeting that begins later in the day, with expectations it will announce more monetary easing. Tokyo on Tuesday ended flat ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... pounds, and edged down to $US1.2957 from $US1.2972. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mostly higher after the US Federal Reserve said it would keep its loose monetary policy in place until there is stronger evidence America's economy is back on its feet. ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... overnight but European stocks closed higher as traders digested mixed economic data before the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting. At 0628 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 10 points at ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... 3,136.19. IG Markets market strategist Stan Shamu said the negativity was because the positive data might mean the US Federal Reserve's quantitative easing (QE) program might not go on for as long. "Everyone's addicted to this QE morphine... to drive ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
It's been a month -- or thereabouts -- since the European Central Bank -- followed by the US Federal Reserve followed by the Bank of Japan -- gave financial markets what they wished, prayed and hoped for and fired the first salvo of quantitative easing. ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... Monetary Transactions. Germany's court found that the EFSF/ESM is in accord with the country's constitution. The US Federal Reserve set QE3 in motion. Even those we didn't expect to do did. The Bank of Japan announced APP (asset purchase programme) also ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... euro slumped on heightened fears over a full bailout of debt-plagued Spain, and amid falling confidence in the US Federal Reserve's latest stimulus plan. Madrid's IBEX 35 index tumbled 3.92 per cent at close to stand at 7854.40 points and London's FTSE ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... market? With so much liquidity being pumped into the system by three of the world's major central banks - the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan - markets appear unconvinced. Wall Street was down again with the S&P 500 ...

Five step process for QE3

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
A five step process can help investors ride the US Federal Reserve's latest round of open-ended quantitative easing, said a senior Fidelity Investment head. Even if you are skeptical about the long-term impact of QE3, "it would be a bold call in the ...