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A liquid Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... must be getting tough because the tough (central banks) got going. Six of the world's biggest central banks -US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, Bank of Canada, Swiss National Bank - sent financial markets soaring ...

Machines of loving grace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... is the oscillation we get when we don't get earth-shattering news. And that's exactly what we got from the US Federal Reserve last night - much ado about nada. No change in the fed funds rate. They did promise to keep this on ice until 2013 two FOMC ...

Volcker Rule could slash Wall Street incomes 25%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... thought. The proposal, known as the 'Volcker Rules', were proposed by economist and former chairman of the US Federal Reserve Paul Volcker following the global financial crisis and endorsed by President Obama in January last year. They contain four core ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... previous day. Bond prices and yields move in opposite directions. LONDON - European stocks slumped after the US Federal Reserve disappointed investors with its stimulus plans and warned of serious downside risks amid the stubborn eurozone debt crisis. ...

Twisting the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
Twisted! This was Wall Street's reaction to the US Federal Reserve's remake of the 1961 version of US President John F. Kennedy and the then Fed's attempt to salvage America. The major US equity indices fell big time - the Dow closed 2.5% off, the S&P ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... banks' exposure to indebted Greece, but losses were capped by expectations of more stimulus measures from the US Federal Reserve. However the European single currency recovered to $US1.3724 on Wednesday from $US1.3702 late in New York on Tuesday as traders ...

IMF says prepare to buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... slow road to sinkville. The IMF's dour prediction could change all these. We'll soon find out tonight when the US Federal Reserve announces its policy response.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... Italy and grim growth revisions from the International Monetary Fund to focus on an upcoming meeting of the US Federal Reserve. The euro clawed back earlier losses against the dollar after the overnight downgrade of Italian sovereign debt by ratings ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... with cautious investors buying into typically defensive sectors ahead of a highly anticipated meeting of the US Federal Reserve. After opening less than half a per cent lower, the market drifted down further in morning trade and by 1200 AEST the benchmark ...

Dangerous currents

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... does. Global equity markets rallied following news that the European Central Bank, in coordination with the US Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan and the Swiss National Bank, is extending liquidity to banks in the Eurozone. Instead ...