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Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
The pattern of it's on again off again - rate hikes that is - continues in the US. Financial markets settled down slightly overnight following calming words by US Federal Reserve officials. Equity and bond markets tumbled yesterday following the release ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as a positive lead from the US creates a bright sentiment for local investors. However, commodity prices took a breather overnight and that could lead to profit taking on the miners, weighing on ...

Daily economic update

Financial markets will be hoping to get more clues on the outlook for US monetary policy from speeches by Federal Reserve officials later today. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will deliver a speech entitled, 'Reflections on the Yield Curve and Monetary Policy,' ...

Weekly economic roundup

To paraphrase the soothsayer's warning to Julius Caesar, 'Beware the Ides of October,' because the largest market crashes in history (1929 and 1987) happened in October and even 2005 has just felt the same winds. As if on cue, the advent of October ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2005
... court battle is expected this afternoon. NEW YORK - US stocks fell, extending the week's slide, as a Federal Reserve official issued cautionary comments on inflation for the second time this week, boosting expectations for more interest-rate hikes. The ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2005
... retail activity index for for September is due for release. NEW YORK - US stocks fell sharply after a top Federal Reserve official said the central bank must be alert to potential inflation and after crude oil prices dropped more than $US1 barrel, pushing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2005
... and Cooper's brewery is expected today. NEW YORK - US stocks fell after comments about inflation by a Federal Reserve official sparked increased concern about rising interest rates. The Fed official's remarks particularly hurt interest-rate sensitive ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks, bonds modestly higher

US share and bond markets were modestly higher in overnight trade, although the US dollar weakened on renewed uncertainty over the strength of the US recovery. At the end of trade, the Dow Jones industrial average had edged up 35.8 points (0.4%) to ...
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