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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... 0.5 per cent following a slight 0.1 per cent rise in January and a 0.1 per cent decline in December. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said separately that manufacturing rebounded in that region in March as new orders increased. The number of ...

Confusing versus credible

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... market performance". So much for forward guidance, eh. But wait, I may have spoken too soon. Last night, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard told us all that, forward guidance "have been very useful" and "served their purpose".A ...

CB onslaught

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... plus Chairman Ben Bernanke, doing the rounds of the speaking circuit every single day of this week. New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley and St Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard get to speak twice. Can be dull and boring ...

US stimulus having no direct impact

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... presentation at the CFA Institute Investment Conference in Melbourne yesterday the former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said that the expansionary effect that can be seen in the market is coming from investors' expectations rather ...

Obama expected to pick Yellen as US Fed chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... however, with accusations she is too close to the Democrats and that when she was President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco branch she didn't read any of the warning signs regarding the 2008 housing bubble although she warned of ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... might taper its bond-buying program more quickly, analysts said. Some investors also fixated on comments from Federal Reserve Bank of Texas President Richard Fisher that advocated a quick tapering. LONDON - European stocks ended in mixed mode as markets ...

Once more from the top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... downward revision in US first quarter real GDP growth to an annualised rate of 1.8% (from 2.4% previously), Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond president Jeffrey Lacker said that this is as good as it gets for the economy. "The economy is telling us this ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... 38.31 points, or 1.20 per cent, to 3,166.36. The losses followed disappointing economic reports out of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and the Conference Board. Sentiment had already been downcast after the International Monetary Fund slashed ...

Kim playing Duke Nukem is the bigger worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... "the US is slowing scare" is true. If this is the case, how could CNN Money's story - about San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank president John Williams' comment that, "If all goes as hoped, we could end the purchase program sometime late this year" - ...

Obama re-election to boost healthcare and banking stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... a Republican overhaul of policy, paving the way for some activity in the banking and healthcare sectors. Federal Reserve Bank head Ben Bernanke is largely expected to stay on for another term and Birkhold says this means a continuation of quantitative ...