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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... 0.52 per cent, to 5,188.4. NEW YORK - Wall Street decclined overnight as a weaker-than-expected report on the US housing market raised fresh fears about an economic recovery and ended a rush into banking stocks. Record losses reported by Ford Motor Co ...

Inflation Report: Japan's Turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... percent. The one-year treasury ARM was unchanged at 7.16%. This is another indication of the dour state of the US housing market. In Europe, the Bank of England (BoE) released the minutes of its July 9 and 10 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting and ...

This Week's Market Movers (21-25 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... to show a 1.2 percent fall in June and New Home Sales declining by 1.8 percent. Because expectations for the US housing market have been so low over the past few months, any sign of a pickup or a better-than-expected result, could provide support to ...

US houses continue to burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
Market Movers Overnight The US housing market remains in a freefall. The US Commerce Department reported that housing starts increased to 1066K in June, a month-on-month rise of 9.1 percent. This was better than market expectations for a 1.8 percent ...

Market Jitters Redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
... move mortgage guarantees to their balance sheets as assets or liabilities, would hit the two pillars of the US housing market - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - severely, causing a knock-on effect on the capital markets. This is because the new accounting ...

This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... updates for US building permits and housing starts, released on Thursday, should confirm ongoing weakness in the US housing market. Japan The Bank of Japan's (BoJ) Monetary Policy Board meets on Monday to deliberate on the country's interest rate setting. ...

Global equities to bounce 15pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... improve substantially over the second half of the year," he said. "The key risk is further dislocation of the US housing market but this seems less likely now that mortgage spreads have contracted to June 2007 levels and we are seeing a pick up in mortgage ...

Market bottom approaches, recovery expected soon

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... likely to be modest and short-lived. "Excesses were not a feature of the 2002-2007 economic boom - except in the US housing market. Consequently, there will be no need for over-investment or excessive recruitment, which means there will be no need for ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... cent fall in first half net profit as the building materials maker braced itself for further weakness in the US housing market. At Friday's close on Wall St, the Dow Jones industrial average was 66.74 points higher, or 0.51 per cent, to 13,176.79. The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... The US market was also depressed by warnings from a major company of imminent recession and concerns about the US housing market. At 1220 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had recovered a little from early morning drops to be down 137.8 points to ...

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