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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... despite fresh records on Wall Street on the back of positive congressional testimony by US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen about interest rates. CommSec chief economist Craig James says there were impressive international lead-ins for the local bourse. ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... per cent, at 5,890 points. NEW YORK - The Dow and S&P 500 have bolted to fresh records after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen pledged a cautious approach to raising interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Tuesday rose 92.35 points (0.51 ...

Calendrically weak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... "considerable time" has become after they conclude their 16-17 September FOMC meeting. Could it be that Fed Chair Janet Yellen's "...you know, it probably means something on the order of around six months or that type of thing" back in March was not ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... session but fell back to close 0.48 per cent higher. The broad US gains were partly because of Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen's commitment on Friday to keeping interest rates low. CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said the joy ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... Friday, taking it to a new six-year high. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said comments by US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen at the weekend were being interpreted as a sign that interest rates there will rise earlier than expected, contributing to ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... cohesion at threat, pressure on the central bank to respond invariably increases." The problem, according to Fed Chair Janet Yellen is: "The assessment of labor market slack is rarely simple and has been especially challenging recently. Estimates of ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... closed mostly lower on Friday night following a cautious appraisal of the US jobs market by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and increased tensions over Ukraine at the Jackson Hole summit of central bankers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 38.27 ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014
... may weaken as the session progresses as traders prepare for a closely watched speech by US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen at the Jackson Hole Summit. "It's been a positive open but I think we may see some caution as the session progresses just mainly ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... "appear substantially stretched". The report was released in conjunction with congressional testimony by Fed Chair Janet Yellen, who said the central bank could implement interest rate increases "sooner and be more rapid than currently envisioned" if ...

US bond yields zipped by ZIRP?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... and punctuated by the firm anchor of the Fed's zero interest rate policy (ZIRP). Moreover, there's also Fed Chair Janet Yellen's repeated assurances that the Fed would take a softly softly approach when the US central bank eventually decided to raise ...