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US Treasury to announce regulatory overhaul

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and extend the powers of the Federal Reserve by allowing them to send in what could be called SWAT teams into any part of any organisation it regulates. But rather ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... indices recorded their biggest one-day drop in almost three weeks -- just a day after a powerful rally driven by the Federal Reserve's latest interest-rate cut. LONDON - The FTSE 100 index of Britain's leading shares ended down 1.07 per cent as fresh ...

Time to get radical: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... and this requires a different attack strategy. The speech by Lipsky highlights how radical the actions of the Federal Reserve seem to be although according to the IMF they seem perfectly plausible. The IMF warning that things may get worse before they ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open sharply higher as Wall Street surged after The Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) cut its main lending rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to 2.25 per cent. At 0740 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... Wall Street bank's demise may be contained. But the broader market finished lower amid caution a day ahead of the Federal Reserve's rate-setting meeting. Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average unofficially ended up 21.16 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... overnight as the oil price hit a new record and concerns about the credit crunch resurfaced after enthusiasm for the Federal Reserve's liquidity injection began to subside. A profit upgrade from bellwether Caterpillar Inc boosted industrials. The Dow ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... Ordinaries lost 64.6 points to 5211.1. NEW YORK - US stocks surged 3.55 per cent, led by financials, after the Federal Reserve said it would inject up to $US200 billion into tight credit markets in coordination with other central banks around the world. ...

Stagflation cross-winds

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... recession) in one breath while raising inflation forecasts in the next: It's this painful mix of announcements by the Federal Reserve (the Fed) - amid rising producer prices, falling consumer confidence and sharply lower house prices - that's got economists ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... 102.56 points since last Friday. HONG KONG - Blue chips fell 1.06 per cent as investors were sullen after the Federal Reserve chairman offered a downbeat outlook on the US economy, while the latest estimate of US economic activity confirmed growth was ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... came in the last hour of trade, reversing 1.5 per cent gains triggered by an aggressive interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 37.47 points, or 0.30 per cent, to 12,442.83. At home, BHP lifted 57 cents to $36.68 ...