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Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... don't think I could take the suspense much longer. All eyes - or should I say, all ears - will be on US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke from the very second he open his lips to tell the central bankers gathered at Jackson Hole his thoughts on the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... 5,000 to 417,000 in the week ended August 20. Mr Speizer said expectations are starting to wane that US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke would announce there may be a third round of economic stimulus. "There's a couple more newspaper article saying ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... increase economists had expected. Market sentiment this week has been driven by expectations that US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke will say a third round of economic stimulus, or quantitative easing (QE), will be needed to help the struggling ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... Composite added 100.68 points (4.29 per cent) to stand at 2,446.06. Mr Padley said investors anticipated US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke would announce a stimulus package at a global meeting of central bankers on Friday (US time), with large ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... were higher at noon, extending gains from early trading as investors were optimistic a speech by the US Federal Reserve chairman would support the market. At 1201 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 31.4 points, or 0.77 per cent, at ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... electronics and other manufactured goods. Mr Ive said the market this week would focus on a speech by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke to a central bank symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday night, Australian time. In Australia on Tuesday ...

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

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... 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 - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... 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 of gross ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... Wednesday, profit-takers descended on the share market, pushing the bourse to a 12-week low after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke cast doubt on the strength of American economic growth. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 29.5 points lower, by ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... their payout attractions. Later in the day traders turned their attention to crucial testimony from US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke who fended off criticism that he is ignoring the risk of rising prices as he faced a sceptical Republican-controlled ...