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Volcker Rule dramatics continue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... intent to protect banking deposits from risky trading activities," they wrote in a letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and they have asked for the Volcker Rule to be rewritten and simplified. As if to follow suit, Fierce Finance news reported ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... of Congress at 7pm (0900 AEST). Stocks moved lower in the afternoon following a speech by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. Traders digested mixed economic signals on the health of the sluggish economy. Most of the Dow's 30 blue-chip stocks were ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... rallied on Monday following better-than-expected US consumer spending figures and hopes US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke will deliver if the economy needs another boost. Traders said Bernanke's speech on Friday suggested that if there is no immediate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... Australia, the market on Friday closed down, ending a flat day of trading ahead of a speech by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, which was scheduled for after the local market closed. S&P/ASX200 index was down 12.8 points, or 0.30 per cent, at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... gains as nervous investors await further direction from offshore. All eyes will be on US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, who is scheduled to give a speech after the local market closes. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 1.8 ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... could take the suspense much longer. All eyes - or should I say, all ears - will be on US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke from the very second he open his lips to tell the central bankers gathered at Jackson Hole his thoughts on the "Near and Long-Term ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... 417,000 in the week ended August 20. Mr Speizer said expectations are starting to wane that US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke would announce there may be a third round of economic stimulus. "There's a couple more newspaper article saying that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... economists had expected. Market sentiment this week has been driven by expectations that US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke will say a third round of economic stimulus, or quantitative easing (QE), will be needed to help the struggling American ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011
... 100.68 points (4.29 per cent) to stand at 2,446.06. Mr Padley said investors anticipated US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke would announce a stimulus package at a global meeting of central bankers on Friday (US time), with large movements in companies ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... current year. He said many investors were trading in anticipation of positive news from the US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, who is scheduled to speak at an annual conference of the world's central bankers on Saturday AEST. "We're getting in ...