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Greenspan says US economy in broad expansion, rates uncertain

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2004
... notable gains in employment,\" Greenspan told a Senate banking panel as he delivered the central bank\'s semiannual economic outlook. Strengthening demand, coupled with \"transitory\" factors such as sizzling energy prices, had pushed up inflation, which ...

IMF says world economic outlook rosy

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2004
The outlook for the world economy had brightened in the last six months and was now among the rosiest in 10 years, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said today. In its twice-yearly economic scorecard, the United Nations lender upgraded its forecasts ...

Market Wrap

... Chairman Alan Greenspan overnight soothed US market fears of an imminent rate rise and offered an optimistic economic outlook. Negative sentiment from the United States overnight flowed through to the Australian Stock Exchange yesterday sending the market ...

All eyes this week on RBA governor speech: economists

... chief economist John Edwards said. "(However) Mr Macfarlane cannot but be reasonably positive about the global economic outlook and Australia's role in it, a sentiment which might get markets re-evaluating the chance of a rate rise." Dr Edwards said ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar weaker on US unit comeback

... Australian dollar was weaker at the open following an overnight US dollar comeback triggered by an improved US economic outlook. At 0700 AEDT the local unit was trading at $US0.7394/99 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7397/02. It reached a high of ...

Midday market wrap: shares edge higher

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2003
... market opened in positive territory today as banks and major resource stock edge higher in response to positive economic outlook. By 1010 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was up 11.8 points to 3241.6 while the all ordinaries index was 11.1 points ...

Morning Market Wrap: New six-year high for dollar

... strategy, Greg McKenna, said the dollar was bid because of the interest rate differential and an improving global economic outlook. "People are going to attribute it to the Reserve Bank," he said. "Of all the influences on the Aussie, the interest rate ...

Greater fiscal discipline needed: OECD

... according to a report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The latest OECD economic outlook data for Australia has presented no major surprises, but the report accompanying the data calls for a reduction or rationalisation ...

Midday Market Wrap: Market buoyant following US rally

... 1052.08 and the Nasdaq Composite Index added 53.26 points to 1947.14. "Certainly, after a strong lead and good economic outlook out of the US we are following suit," said Macquarie Equities private client adviser Helen Spencer said. "The banks are holding ...

Morning Market Wrap: Investors expecting confidence boost

... including third quarter GDP and consumer confidence figures, expected to reinforce growing confidence in its economic outlook ahead of Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. Local finance circles will also be dominated by interest rate speculation, with the ...