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From the mouths of Feds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... orders to "go forth and spread the word' for several Fed officials have been doing a lotta spreading since the start of this week and in different corners of the world at that. From the mouths of Feds: Monday, 23 March : San Francisco Fed president John ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... struck rebel positions in neighbouring Yemen. Tokyo tumbled 1.39 per cent, or 275.08 points, to 19,471.12 after earlier this week touching a 15-year high, while Sydney sank 1.58 per cent, or 94.22 points, to close at 5,879.1 and Seoul fell 0.99 per cent ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... push it up to that landmark. Trading was lacking in direction, with no significant economic data or corporate news out this week or incentives to adjust portfolios ahead of next week's Reserve Bank meeting on interest rates, said Quay Equities head of ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
The share market has started the week on the backfoot as cautious investors sit on the sidelines in the lead up to this week's US Federal Reserve meeting. The market has started more than 0.6 per cent lower, with IG market strategist Stan Shamu attributing ...

Patience, my dear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... US Federal Reserve's true message after it announces its monetary policy decision on 18 March will take centre stage this week. Yes Virginia, here we go again. We go guessing the "will she, won't she" of Janet's patience again - that is, would US Federal ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
... US dollar edged closer towards parity with the euro after the European Central Bank kicked off its stimulus program this week, while Asian equity markets recovered slightly from a recent sell-off. Sydney shares were given a lift by data showing Australia's ...

No board meeting necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
Central bank surprises continue. This week started with the People's Bank of China (PBOC) surprising with a weekend announcement that it is lowering both its benchmark one-year lending rate and one-year deposit rate by 25 basis points each to 5.35% ...

I cut, you cut, I cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... (BOJ) that's in the midst of QE or the European Central Bank (ECB) that's about to kick-off its QE, perhaps as early as this week. Not surprisingly, in spite of widespread expectations that the RBA would say "cut" today, the Australian dollar is 0.6% ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... climb in the wake of this," he added. US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen also hinted in testimony to US lawmakers this week the central bank was in no hurry to raise interest rates. HONG KONG - Asian markets have largely risen as Tokyo hit a fresh ...

Nationals pressure Treasury for RC into white collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... documents to Treasurer Joe Hockey's chief of staff two weeks ago, and that he is hoping to get a response from Treasury this week. Williams refused to reveal details about the terms of reference, but said that "I know about some backbench colleagues ...