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... Australian Biodiesel Group. NEW YORK - US blue-chip stocks rallied and technology shares turned higher after the Federal Reserve increased interest rates for the 13th straight time and signaled its rate-raising campaign has entered a final stage. What ...

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... capital management plan. NEW YORK - US blue-chip stocks edged lower before Tuesday's expected rate increase by the Federal Reserve and as crude oil prices rose nearly $US2 a barrel, while the Nasdaq Composite Index gained slightly. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Market Wrap

... slightly above market expectations, but the report also revived concerns that too much growth could prompt the Federal Reserve to continue raising interest rates to keep inflation in check. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 35.06 points at 10,877.51. ...

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... commodity prices. NEW YORK - US blue-chip stocks fell as reports showing a strong US economy fanned worries the Federal Reserve would keep raising interest rates while declines in automakers' like General Motors stemmed from investor concerns about weak ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2005
... director Brian McNamee speaks in Melbourne. NEW YORK - US stocks rose as minutes from the most recent meeting of the Federal Reserve's policy-setting committee suggested that the Fed may be looking at ways to end its recent cycle of interest-rate hikes. ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

... interest rates would remain on hold in the near term. This contrasts with the continued tightening campaign by the Federal Reserve - eroding Australia's interest rate premium. News of a record US trade deficit failed to prop up the Australian dollar. ...

Daily Economic Update

... interest rates would remain on hold in the near term. This contrasts with the continued tightening campaign by the Federal Reserve - eroding Australia's interest rate premium. News of a record US trade deficit failed to prop up the Australian dollar. ...

AUD to go hungry as investors lose their appetite: Julius Baer

... recent weeks has been a rise in risk aversion.' 'This has its roots in the ongoing liquidity tightening by the Federal Reserve and the rise in inflation [and] growth uncertainty caused by higher energy prices.' The bad news for the AUD is that because ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2005
... disappointing earnings forecast from computer maker Dell after yesterday's close routed technology shares and the Federal Reserve vowed to continue raising interest rates to keep inflation in check. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 33.30 points ...

Economic roundup

... will all play second fiddle to decisions made in the US and in Vienna (where OPEC is meeting). In the US, the Federal Reserve will hold its regular Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting to deliberate on monetary policy settings. There is uncertainty ...