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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... investors were nervous and unsure which way the market would turn ahead Dr Bernanke's speech at a meeting of the world's central banks on Friday (US time). There's speculation he will offer hints as to how the Fed may act to stimulate the ailing US economy. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... nothing meaningful will be delivered," Mr Speizer said from Auckland. Dr Bernanke will address a symposium of global central banks in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday night, Australian time. During the local session on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... easing (QE), will be needed to help the struggling American economy. Mr Bernanke will address a symposium of global central banks in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday night, Australian time. Bank of New Zealand currency strategist Mike Burrowes said these ...

Stocks in freefall on recession fears, banks cut mortgage rates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... extra liquidity." Economist Saul Eslake, program director at the Grattan Institute said neither governments nor central banks now had the means to respond in textbook fashion to the market rout. "If they do lapse back into recession it will be quite ...

Markets crash as recession fears hit

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... sparked by fears of an increasing risk of a second recession in Europe and the US. Eslake said the fear was that central banks would not be able to respond to a second recession the way they did to the global financial crisis. Most major western countries ...

Gold, gold, gold, but not to Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... Moodley said while forecasting the gold price "is a fool's game" the demand could nonetheless rise even higher if central banks begin to boost their gold holdings to sovereign risk concerns over US Treasurys. This could trigger a race for the precious ...

Rejoice for May has gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... Italy - and soon, the entire Eurozone. Oh and in case you've forgotten QE2 is ending this month and emerging market central banks - led by China - are still in tightening mode. No worries, Ben will be there to ensure that by hook or by crook, rightly ...

Australian market to shrug off Greek woes

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... "The situation has worsened and nervous investors can expect more volatility across all markets, as governments and central banks wrestle with this issue in coming weeks and months," noted Mark Dutton, chief investment officer, AXA, Australia & NZ. Greece ...

Don't blame China for inflation: AllianceBernstein

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... developed markets. "The key to the prospects of a rise in global inflation lies in the policy response by the worlds' central banks, which face a tough policy environment."

Super problems to short-change retirees

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... were not a good inflation hedge as share markets don't like rising interest rates. In a high-inflation environment, central banks raise rates. Retirees cannot rely on "average" returns from the stockmarket, he said, where super fund members have specific ...