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One step forward, two steps back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... liquidity crunch has kept interest rates high despite the recent interest rate reductions handed down by the US Federal Reserve.' However, with house prices still falling, delinquency rates rising, repossessions multiplying and lending standards tightened ...

Funny Mae, Froggy Mac

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... liquidity crunch has kept interest rates high despite the recent interest rate reductions handed down by the US Federal Reserve. However, with house prices still falling, delinquency rates rising and repossessions multiplying, the Treasury could ultimately ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... points, or 3.42 per cent, to 4,340.18 points. TOKYO - Japanese share prices soared 3.38 per cent on Monday as the US Federal Reserve bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac eased fears of a global liquidity crunch. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark ...

A$ backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is poised to lower interest rates in a week's time, combined with the US Federal Reserve's steady to tightening bias, have not helped the Australian dollar's caused either. The minutes of the Federal Open Market ...

Central Banks hold fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
The week of central watching finished with the Reserve Bank of Australia, the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England opting to hold monetary policy steady this month. Fixed income markets rallied overnight following unchanged ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... News Corporation Ltd reported robust fourth-quarter and full-year results. In the US, the Dow spiked after the US Federal Reserve left interest rates on hold, assuaging some of the market's fears about the economy. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Fed does an RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... towards a less restrictive stance of monetary policy in the period ahead is increasing." Like the RBA, the US Federal Reserve did not disappoint market expectations either but its statement is more hawkish. In a 10-1 vote, the Federal Open Markets Committee ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... index since early January 2006. NEW YORK - An already soaring Wall Street advanced further on Tuesday after the US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and assuaged some of the market's fears about the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... some time to come. We do not expect the RBA to lower interest rates while inflation remains a real threat. The US Federal Reserve meets tomorrow night to conduct its own monetary policy assessment, followed by the Bank of England and the European Central ...

Central bank watch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... increase of 29,800. The unemployment rate is forecast to rise to 4.3 percent from 4.2 percent in June. US: The US Federal Reserve's FOMC is also scheduled to meet this week for its own monetary policy deliberations. The consensus is for the Fed to keep ...