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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008
... marks the third monthly decline in retail spending - the first since the 1990/91 recession. The US Federal Reserve's Beige Book for September showed that economic activity weakened across all 12 Fed districts, with consumers reducing their spending and ...

No instant gratification

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... months. Consumer spending accounts for more than 70 per cent of the US economy. In addition, the US Federal Reserve's Beige Book for September showed that economic activity weakened across all 12 Fed districts, with consumers reducing their spending ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... it clear that consumers are reluctant to spend amid a shaky economy and a punishing stock market. The release of the Beige Book, the assessment of business conditions from the Federal Reserve, added to investors' angst. The report found that the economy ...

Three steadies and a cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... quarter real GDP, US markets will get the August updates on the ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing indexes, the Beige Book, unit labour costs and payrolls. The ISM manufacturing index is expected to remain balanced at 50 in August -- the delineation ...

Inflation Report: Japan's Turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... year-on-year growth rate in the national core CPI is expected to increase to zero. In the US, the Federal Reserve's Beige Book report -- an anecdotal summary of regional conditions in the 12 US districts -- reported that two-thirds of all districts were ...

This Week's Market Movers (21-25 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... better-than-expected result, could provide support to financial markets. Along with new and existing home sales, the Fed beige book and the durable goods report will provide important updates on the state of the US economy. Japan: Japanese inflation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... up 2.47 points at 1,383.425. But the Nasdaq Composite Index was down 2.85 points to 2,414.74. The Federal Reserve's Beige Book, which provides an anecdotal description of economic conditions, is due at 2 pm and could give clues about the Fed's next move ...

A tale of two currencies

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... 25 basis points. However data had run on the weaker side of expectations leading up to the final decision. The Fed's Beige Book, one of eight economic surveys prepared each year for the Federal Open Market Committee's rate-setting meetings, found although ...

Knee jerk over little Beige Book

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2007
Unlike your average little black book the US Federal Reserve board's Beige Book gets special attention from the markets and can wreak havoc, as was evident in the US overnight. One of eight economic surveys prepared each year for the Federal Open Market ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2006
... the US has been revised upward from 1.6 per cent to 2.2 per cent as a result of estimates from the Federal Reserve's Beige Book which showed that only one of the twelve districts examined experienced a slowdown in economic growth. In the September analysis ...