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Credit hits the fan as Moody's puts US on downgrade watch

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has placed the US on a review for possible downgrade prompting US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke to issue dire warnings on the global impact a US debt default would have. US lawmakers have been debating ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... Australian share market is set for a slightly higher start after China's economic growth and comments from the US Federal Reserve that it is prepared to renew stimulus fuelled gains overseas. At 0752 AEST the local September share price index futures ...

Knights in shining armour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... than expected and that deflationary risks might re-emerge, implying a need for additional policy support." The US Federal Reserve "remains prepared to respond should economic developments indicate that an adjustment of monetary policy would be appropriate." ...

US Fed hints at QE3

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
Hints of a third round of quantitative easing from the US Federal Reserve emerged from the minutes of a Federal Open Market Committee meeting released overnight. The FOMC minutes from its June 21-22 meeting revealed that policy makers disagree on whether ...

I'm still standing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... markets to behave as they've done over the past few days. And get this, the optimism has arrived even as the US Federal Reserve completed and ended QE2. Financial markets rallied despite no hints of QE3 on the way. The USA economy must be doing A-OK. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... contract was 38 points lower at 4,493, with 15,422 contracts traded. US stocks closed lower on Wednesday after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke offered a bleak outlook on the struggling economic recovery and slashed half a point off its estimate ...

The sound of QE3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
"People hearing without listening." Simon & Garfunkel, The Sound of Silence The US Federal Reserve has spoken - and financial markets didn't like what they heard, for they didn't listen. It was another down day on The Street after the Fed's post-FOMC ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... 25.6 points, or 0.56 per cent, to 4,590.8 points. NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower on Wednesday after the US Federal Reserve offered a bleak outlook on the struggling economic recovery and vowed to maintain its policy of ultra-low interest rates. The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... on the whole European Greek situation is probably next week, attention will turn to tomorrow night's FOMC (US Federal Reserve) meeting, it wouldn't surprise me if we see not as much enthusiasm overseas tonight, a little bit of profit taking." Among the ...

The road to ruin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
In case you missed it, former US Federal Reserve Alan 'el maestro' Greenspan has just declared Greece dead - well, almost. No way out. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Greenspan declared that the "chances of Greece not defaulting are very ...