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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... report as old news, however, given that it is now September. With carmakers releasing sluggish August sales and the Federal Reserve reporting weak economic activity throughout the nation, the market proceeded cautiously. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... Gustav sent oil prices higher and offset a better-than-expected reading on consumer confidence. Comments from the Federal Reserve about rising inflation added to the market's unease. The Dow Jones Industrial Average managed a gain of 26.62 points, or ...

Financial woes continue to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... and indications that the US economy continues to decelerate, is strengthening the market's conviction that the Federal Reserve will keep monetary policy on hold. The market paid little attention to US trade data which showed the deficit narrowing to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... months, the stock market is eager for any insights into the Labor Department's take on the job market on Friday. The Federal Reserve also announced it will extend its emergency borrowing program for Wall Street banks, which reassured the market that ...

Inflation Report: Japan's Turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... correct, the year-on-year growth rate in the national core CPI is expected to increase to zero. In the US, the Federal Reserve's Beige Book report -- an anecdotal summary of regional conditions in the 12 US districts -- reported that two-thirds of all ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... the effectiveness a safety net set up for mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Treasury and the Federal Reserve said Sunday that they would aid the companies if needed. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 45.35 points, or 0.41 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would head off further troubles in the financial markets. The Treasury and the Federal Reserve said Sunday that they would aid the companies if needed. Fears for the health of firms like banks were exacerbated after ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... Australian share market is expected to open higher today after US equities gained as the oil price fell and the Federal Reserve chairman indicated the central bank was likely to extend emergency loans to investment firms. Mining and energy stocks may ...

End of the world

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
... transactions. By 11am the ASX is already down 2.5 per cent The only thing holding steady is US interest rates which the Federal Reserve kept at 2 per cent at this week's meeting. The news is so bad that analysts are already warning of slower than expected ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks gained overnight as the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged. Resource stocks may fall after commodities including oil, gold and copper declined. At 0755 AEST on the Sydney ...