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Funny Mae, Froggy Mac

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... ordinary Americans throwing up their hands as they come face to face with the threat of losing their jobs amid a slowing US economy. Even if mortgage rates where to fall in half, this would not give any relief to anyone without employment. The US jobless ...

Saved by the Fed

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... another way, the government will do it all can to alleviate local and global concerns of a possible worsening of the US economy should the mortgage industry collapse, and, more importantly, a complete re-focusing of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from agencies ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... market are on low volumes." There was a mixed lead from Wall Street overnight, with investors still unsettled about the US economy ahead of Friday's employment report and only somewhat relieved about sliding commodities prices. The Standard & Poor's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... 5130.5. NEW YORK - Wall Street finished mixed in fickle trading on Wednesday, with investors still unsettled about the US economy ahead of Friday's employment report and only somewhat relieved about sliding commodities prices. The Commerce Department ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... European stock markets closed with solid gains Thursday after better-than-expected US growth figures bolstered hopes the US economy could finally be stabilising after months of turmoil. In London, the FTSE 100 index was up 73.10 points, or 1.32 per cent ...

A$ backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... expect the next Fed move to be towards higher interest rates, with the timing dependent on an improving outlook on the US economy and the financial sector. And things appear to be improving slightly in the US. Last night, the Conference Board reported ...

Dovish RBA minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... considerations, a case could be made for an early reduction in the cash rate.' The RBA should be more worried about the US economy. Data released overnight showed the US index leading economic indicators declined by 0.7 percent in July, larger than expectations ...

Financial woes continue to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... while bonds were higher on the back of more news of losses in the financial sector. This, and indications that the US economy continues to decelerate, is strengthening the market's conviction that the Federal Reserve will keep monetary policy on hold. ...

Central bank watch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... the Fed statement that will accompany the FOMC's decision. Financial markets already know what is happening to the US economy following last week's data releases - real GDP, non-farm payrolls, ISM manufacturing survey - it is getting weaker. The wording ...

This Week's Market Movers (28 Jul - 1 Aug 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... country. Markets expect consumer confidence to continue to head lower falling to 50.0 in July from June's 50.4. The US economy's scorecard, the advance estimate of second quarter GDP will be released on Friday. US real GDP is forecast to grow at an annualised ...