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AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... market. St Louis Fed president James Bullard's comments weighed on investor sentiment, as it came only days after US Fed chairman Ben Bernanke had suggested quantitative easing would continue, Australian Stock Report senior equities analyst Benny Sada ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... Monday's gains, which were fuelled by the decision of fiscal hawk Larry Summers to quit the race to become the next Fed chairman. Tokyo on Tuesday gave up early gains to end 0.65 per cent lower, slipping 93.00 points to 14,311.67, and Seoul shed 0.39 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... the US that money would continue to be pumped into the world's largest economy. Shares in Australia soared on US Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's comments that central bank support through stimulus would continue for the foreseeable future, after flagging ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... participants thought the $US85 billion a month bond buying program should be wound up by the end of this year. US Fed chairman Ben Bernanke signalled last month that quantitative easing (QE) could end by mid-2014, depending on economic circumstances ...

The great unwind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... Federal Reserve the same way he found it...with a developing crisis. (For your reference, George W appointed him as Fed Chairman on 1 Feb 2006 and is reportedly exiting early next year). To be fair to Uncle Ben, he did say that it'll be "appropriate ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... 78.57 (2.28 per cent) to 3,364.63. The US fall followed large drops in Asian and European markets, sparked first by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's statement Wednesday that the US central bank could wind up its $85 billion-a-month stimulus program by mid-2014. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... dumped 1.5 per cent, with a similar result from the broader All Ordinaries index. The falls follow comments from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke that the US central bank could begin winding back its $US85 billion-a-month bond-buying program some time later ...

Sinking emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... GBI US all maturities index -- have fallen by around 1.2% and the US dollar strengthened since markets interpreted Fed Chairman Bernanke's statement on 22 May as hinting of scaling back its stimulus "in the next few meetings". But emerging bond markets ...

Will stocks follow Fed exit to the exits?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... or inflation changes". Will this go the same way as February when a succession of Fed gabs, led by no other than Fed chairman Ben Bernanke pooh-poohed speculations of an early QE unwinding and soothed market sentiment? Or is this the real thing? Has ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... 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 US economy is already being hurt by the fiscal cliff standoff in Washington. At 0815 AEDT on Thursday ...