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This Week's Market Movers (7-11 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... trend towards higher unemployment could continue in the months ahead. US Fed Speeches. US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will give a press conference on Tuesday on how the Fed observes the current US economy and the value of US dollar. His comments ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... Ordinaries dipped 4.8 points, or 0.08 per cent, to 5,698.2. NEW YORK - US stocks dipped after US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke expressed concerns about the prospect of rising long-term inflation and Moody's flagged downgrades for big bond insurers. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... gained on a weaker yen, though banks dragged on the market after pessimistic comments by US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. The Nikkei gained 164.82 points to end at 14,118.55, its highest close since January 11. HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks held ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
... whole it's really the banks that are leading the way down," he said. Mr Knight said the US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's warning that the troubled housing sector could cause small-bank failures was affecting local finance stocks. "The top six ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... code TEU. Australian stocks overcame a poor start on Friday to rise 1.4 per cent after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke reignited hopes for another US rate cut by Christmas. The local rally would have been stronger if National Australia Bank ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... problems in the US sub-prime mortgage market. "The market is pretty confident that Bernanke (US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke) will be pretty aggressive in trying to prop up the market," Mr Foulsham said. Among the major banks, the National was ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2007
... Australian dollar. "There'll also be a lot of focus on what's happening in the US," he said. US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke will deliver the central bank's mid-year monetary policy report on Wednesday. "Depending on what he says and how that ...

Emerging markets enter hibernation

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
... outflows experienced by global bond funds, apparently on the back of comments made by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke indicating that US monetary policy may be pausing.

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2006
... 295,000 from a week earlier. Expectations were for an increase to 320,000. Comments from US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke also helped ease market anxiety over the country's growth outlook. In his speech before the Economic Club of Chicago, Mr. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
... HONG KONG - Hong Kong stocks ended down as investors were on edge after comments from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke suggested that interest rates could rise further. The benchmark Hang Seng index ended down 43.12 points at 15,973.11. WELLINGTON ...