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James knows when

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
Jumpin' Jiminy Cricket Batman! The US Federal Reserve will begin to lift interest rates soon - that is, sooner than everyone in the planet expects. Bullard of bull (dropping?). Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said so in his ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... previous day's gains to end the week on a negative tone. The market ignored solid offshore leads, provided by the US Federal Reserve suggesting it would keep interest rates low. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index dropped 48.7 points, or 0.89 per cent, to ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... previous day's gains to end the week on a negative tone. The market ignored solid offshore leads, provided by the US Federal Reserve suggesting it would keep interest rates low. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index dropped 48.7 points, or 0.89 per cent, to ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... previous day's gains to end the week on a negative tone. The market ignored solid offshore leads, provided by the US Federal Reserve suggesting it would keep interest rates low. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index dropped 48.7 points, or 0.89 per cent, to ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... refinery, but rebels remain in control of swathes of the country. LONDON - European stock markets climbed after the Federal Reserve indicated that ultra-low US interest rates would remain in place for a considerable time. London's FTSE 100 index of top ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street's S&P 500 bolted to a new record following the Federal Reserve's decision to keep its interest rates ultra low. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... gains on Wall Street where investors weighed continued violence in Iraq and mixed US economic data ahead of the Federal Reserve policy statement. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures contract was down three points at 5,395. Locally ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... choppy night on Wall Street where stocks ended slightly higher as investors weighed the Iraq crisis ahead of a US Federal Reserve policy decision. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down seven points at 5,410. Locally ...

Losing shine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... crisis and propelled the yellow metal's price close to US$2,000 per ounce. These, along with fears that the US Federal Reserve's massive printing of US dollars, sparked worries over future inflation and distrust over fiat money - and continued strong ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... to a sharp improvement in Chinese manufacturing activity and positive comments about interest rates from the US Federal Reserve. Chinese stocks ended up on Friday on selective buying of property shares and technology firms, dealers said. In China the ...