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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... currency received a strong positive lead from Wall Street and other European equity markets, which finished higher on Friday night after a speech by the head of the US central bank buoyed sentiment. "On Friday, Fed chairman (Ben) Bernanke did not seem ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... Speizer said from Auckland. Dr Bernanke will address a symposium of global central banks in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday night, Australian time. During the local session on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens will appear ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... struggling American economy. Mr Bernanke will address a symposium of global central banks in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday night, Australian time. Bank of New Zealand currency strategist Mike Burrowes said these two factors had caused the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... on a speech by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke to a central bank symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday night, Australian time. In Australia on Tuesday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deputy governor, Ric Battellino will give a speech ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011
... said he would be watching to see if Friday's RBA statement removes any reference that the cash rate could go up. On Friday night (AEST), US non-farm payrolls - the key indicator of the unemployment rate - will be released for July.

Now for the denominator

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... lacklustre in the third quarter. Now we'll just have to wait for another ugly US employment number to be released on Friday night and the stage will be set for another, 'will it, won't it' moment. Big Ben should be giving us the answer to this soon. ...

Cry of the banshee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
Just like most of you, I waited for the fat lady to sing last Friday night on Wall Street - sing a song that ultimately puts doubts over the US economic recovery to rest. I was expecting the fat lady's rendition of the Silver Convention's "Get Up and ...

Not in the mood for bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... deciding which way to jump. They can't risk being wrong-footed by the US employment numbers for June -- set for release Friday night (Aussie time). This, and the start of the US company reporting season, would set the tone for equities over the coming ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... traded. The local market rose about one per cent just after the open, following a positive finish on Wall Street on Friday night and firmer copper prices. Local shares dropped back a little from the morning high after the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Deposits may shield Aussie banks from Greek debt crisis fallout

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... is "clearly worried" about the situation, while Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ralph Norris told ABC radio on Friday night that the worsening debt crisis could trigger a new credit crisis in financial markets. The concern is that if Greece defaults ...