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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... was up 17 points at 5,424. March US home construction and industrial production bolstered sentiment while the Federal Reserve's Beige Book on US economic conditions confirmed the central bank's view that recent weakness was largely due to bad winter ...

A 1987-style crash cometh (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... trouble, mother Janet Yellen comes to me, speaking... In case you've forgotten - 'twas only two months ago when US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen declared in her first-ever testimony that "a notable change in the outlook" for the economy and the ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets rose, taking their lead from a Wall Street rally after minutes from the US Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting showed no support for an early rise in interest rates. While early gains were pared after China said ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... trading. Early trading on the Australian share market was solid after Wall Street surged overnight on the back of US Federal Reserve minutes showing no support for an early rise in interest rates. At 1200 AEST among the major banks, ANZ had added 24 ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... Australian market looks set to open strongly higher following Wall Street's surge led by tech stocks after US Federal Reserve minutes showed no support for an early rise in interest rates. At 0645 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures ...

Better than good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... stimulation soon to ward off "bad" deflation threats. And it may get even better. Recent pronouncements by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and the Bank of England (BOE) - dropping their unemployment rate thresholds, including overall slack in the economy ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... points. NEW YORK - The S&P 500 has closed at a new record as US stocks rallied following solid economic data and Federal Reserve reassurance of support for the recovering economy. The S&P 500 jumped 13.18 (0.70 per cent) to 1,885.52, its first record ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite strong gains on Wall Street after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen was dovish about the US economy's recovery. At 0855 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up four points ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... Conference Board's index of leading indicators, rose 0.5 per cent in February, the largest amount in three months. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said manufacturing had rebounded in that region in March as new orders increased. And, the number ...

Whatever works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... sanctions between the US and Europe and Moscow - and speculation over the faster- and sooner-than-predicted US Federal Reserve hike in interest rates hogged most of last week's headline space, changes have also been afoot in China. In a statement on ...