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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... fell to $US1.3588 from $US1.3735 late in New York on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets slipped after the US Federal Reserve kept its stimulus program unchanged but gave a rosier than expected summary of the economy which fuelled expectations it will ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
The Australian market has opened lower following falls in US stocks after the Federal Reserve hinted at when it may start to unwind its stimulus program. While the Fed's $US85 billion-a-month bond-purchase program stays in play for now, predictions ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following Wall Street's negative lead after the Federal Reserve said the US economy was growing only moderately and still needed support. At 0820 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... the US in the next 24 hours, including the release of a private sector employment report and the end of the US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). Markets will be watching the FOMC statement for indications of when the Fed is likely ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... following gains on Wall Street as traders reacted to company earnings updates and US economic data ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting. At 0832 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 26 points at 5,434. A ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... miners the ones lagging today," he told AAP. US stocks and European stocks were flat overnight but a two-day US Federal Reserve policy meeting is expected to maintain its $85 billion a month asset-purchase program and provide clues about when the pullback ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat as investors wait for the outcome of the Federal Reserve's meeting that will decide whether the central will start tapering its stimulus measures. At 0812 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures ...

Taper trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... announce a non-taper. Taper trap. The experience of the May to September taper speculation suggests that the US Federal Reserve may have trapped itself not to taper...forever. Recall how the yield on 10-year US Treasuries rose to as high as 3.0% about ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... striking a new record on strong corporate earnings and expectations of continued loose monetary policy when the Federal Reserve meets next week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 61.07 (0.39 per cent) on Friday to 15,570.28. The broad-based S&P 500 ...

US stimulus having no direct impact

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... In a presentation at the CFA Institute Investment Conference in Melbourne yesterday the former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said that the expansionary effect that can be seen in the market is coming from investors' expectations ...