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Morning market wrap: US stocks regain lost ground

... against the Japanese yen. The euro fell to $US1.1068, while surprisingly limited intervention by Japanese monetary authorities saw the US dollar edge down to 116.7 yen. The Australian dollar also crept higher overnight, ending the New York session 10 ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds stronger on weak employment data

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2003
... dollar weakened against major currencies with the exception of the yen, where the threat of intervention by Japanese authorities continues to curb the potential for further appreciation. The euro jumped to $1.1105, a two-week high, although the dollar ...

Morning market wrap: Manufacturing data propels US stocks higher

... broadbased gains, although traders also continue to push the Japanese yen higher, testing the resolve of the Japanese authorities to remain on the sidelines. The dollar was fetching 116.5 yen, a three and a half month low, but the euro drifted down to ...

Australian banks jostle for pole position in NBNZ race

... Commonwealth Bank have the smallest interests in New Zealand, which means they may face less opposition from regulatory authorities in NZ. Westpac, however, could come under closer attention from the NZ Commerce Commission if it was interested in NBNZ ...

Morning market wrap: US shares regain lost ground

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2003
... in a delayed reaction to earlier comments from US Treasury Secretary John Snow that he was not opposed to Japanese authorities intervening to curb the appreciation of the yen. The dollar rose to 119.3 yen, a three week high. The Australian dollar ended ...

Growing US current account deficit burden may fall on Asian currencies: ICAP

... some part of the onus of the US deficit falling on China's economy. ICAP said that the pressure is on Asian monetary authorities to allow their currencies to move higher and in the case of China for the peg to the US dollar to be broken. This would obviously ...

Costello names global economy biggest threat to domestic markets

... continues to grow and grow faster than the other economies of the world. "That's very much the economic outlook that authorities would have been looking at today," he said. The Treasurer was responding to the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to leave ...

APRA welcomes three new appointments to its board

... an associate professor at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). He has acted as a consultant to competition authorities in the United Kingdom, Canada and Argentina and has lectured on economics at the UTS for more than 10 years. Mr Somogyi is currently ...

Costello welcomes US Fed rate cut

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2003
... States economy is weak means it has been harder for Australia in recent months," he added. "The fact that the American authorities are now reacting and trying to stimulate the American economy will be a positive for Australia." US share markets sank ...

Funds split over need to apply for an AFS licence

... (APRA). The survey showed that 61% of the funds were not happy with the process of being licensed by the two regulatory authorities, while only 11% believed that there was a value in being licensed by the two regulators. The majority of the funds said ...