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Stagflation cross-winds

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... 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 speculating over the US heading for 1970s-style stagflation. Strong commodities ...

US dominoes keep falling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... dominoes appear to be falling at an accelerating rate." KBCAM noted that "Together with the marked decline in consumer confidence this does not augur well for household spending. Recent macroeconomic indicators suggest that the US economy slipped into ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... $11.46 while Boral added eight cents at $6.28. On Friday, US equity markets were mixed, as a 16-year low in consumer confidence weighed on sentiment. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 28.77 points on Friday, or 0.23 per cent, at 12,348.21. US markets ...

So much to do, so little time

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
... to help home owners refinance their mortgages, in a move aimed at calming household fears and reinstilling consumer confidence. President Bush also said that the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac housing loans regimes should be upgraded and the Federal Housing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... pulled back by a poor outlook from Procter & Gamble, disappointing earnings from US Steel and a report showing consumer confidence at a two-year low fuelled worries about the economy, consumer spending and corporate profits. At 1252 AEDT, banking stocks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... overnight after a weak outlook from Procter & Gamble, disappointing earnings from US Steel and a report showing consumer confidence at a two-year low fuelled worries about the economy, consumer spending and corporate profits. Adding to the nervous atmosphere ...

ASIC calls for tighter employment checks

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
... this type of information so that dubious or dishonest conduct does not go undetected and so that we maintain consumer confidence in the financial services industry. The release of the handbook for the financial services industry coincides with Standards ...

Money can't buy confidence

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
Consumer confidence has bounced back, after an 8.1 per cent fall last month, to 14.3 per cent above last year's levels and 13.9 per cent above the 20-year average. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute (W-MI) Index of Consumer Sentiment rose by 4.2 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
... after Merrill Lynch warned that ailing credit markets will hurt bank profits, while reports showing eroding consumer confidence and falling home prices added to concerns about the economy. Sentiment worsened late in the day after the release of the Federal ...

Risky business

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... "who sees the numbers all day every day", remains more concerned about US's inflation. Meanwhile our latest consumer confidence data has dipped showing that consumers remain upbeat albeit not as exuberant as they were in July.