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Greenspan says global recovery strengthening

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2004
... but some countries like Japan face a significant threat if oil prices remain elevated, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said. In written responses to questions submitted to Greenspan on July 20 before the Senate Banking Committee and made public ...

US lifts key interest rate

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2004
... quarter-point overnight as the central bank continued its campaign to keep inflation under control. Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee, the panel that sets interest rates, boosted the target for the federal ...

Greenspan says US economy in broad expansion, rates uncertain

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2004
Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday the US economy is in a broad, jobs-rich expansion and he could not rule out steeper-than-expected interest rate increases. \"Not only has economic activity quickened, but the expansion has become ...

Bush renominates Alan Greenspan as Fed chairman

President George W Bush renominated Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve overnight, praising his leadership and sending a strong signal of stability to financial markets. The nomination was announced as Greenspan met at the White House ...

Greeenspan says US businesses, consumers able to handle rate rise

... US consumers and businesses are financially fit enough to take an interest rate rise, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday. On Tuesday, Greenspan and fellow policymakers indicated the days of rock-bottom rates -- with the federal funds ...

US Fed holds key short-term rate steady

... main short-term interest rate at a 46-year low today in an attempt to keep the US economy humming. Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and his Federal Open Market Committee colleagues - the group that sets interest rate policy in the United States - left the ...

Australia well-insulated against US rate hikes: Costello

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2004
... a movement in American interest rates," Costello told reporters after meeting with US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. "We've got a lot more insulation than many other countries... There will be worldwide pressure in relation to interest rates ...

Market Wrap

In Sydney today, Australian stocks are likely to climb a little this morning after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan overnight soothed US market fears of an imminent rate rise and offered an optimistic economic outlook. Negative sentiment from ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2004
... are set to stumble after US markets dropped sharply overnight following comments from Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan that were taken to imply that interest rates there could soon rise. The Australian share market pushed higher yesterday fuelled ...

Market Wrap

... yesterday's close of 0.7872/77. The local unit rose by as much as one US cent after US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's testimony to congress on Wednesday drove investors to dump US dollars. Greenspan's commentary also removed speculation that ...