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Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... Sekely said the market's drift downward today came after weakness in the US. Wall Street stocks fell after the US Federal Reserve chairman dampened hopes of an interest rate cut, saying inflation was still a concern. "We have followed suit," Mr Sekely ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
... Markus Mueller said concerns about a correction in the Chinese sharemarket, first mooted last week by former US Federal Reserve chairman Allan Greenspan, were continuing to stress local investors. "The Chinese government has just increased a tax on stock ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... 215.76 points to 17,481.21. HONG KONG - Stocks sank, tracking falling global markets and comments by former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan over China's high market value. The benchmark Hang Seng Index dropped 278.31 points to 20,520.66. WELLINGTON ...

Economic round-up: Chinese whispers and inflation rumbles

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
Comments by former US Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, over China's "unsustainable" market weighed heavily on the Australian dollar yesterday, while the OECD flagged a threat to our inflation. On Wednesday Dr Greenspan, speaking by satellite ...

European vacation for investor capital

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
... some of its global counterparts. The housing market is still dragging on the US economy's coat tails and the US Federal Reserve Board forecasts modest growth of between 2.5-3 per cent. While the US market has been cashing in on its foreign assets, foreign ...

Manage your retirement: Greenspan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
Former US Federal Reserve Chairman Dr Alan Greenspan said US Government social security and Medicare liabilities would be hard to meet and baby boomers worldwide needed to be more active in their retirement preparations. Dr Greenspan was the keynote ...

Australia to become an investment exporter: Perpetual

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
... these supply pressures and may have structural implications on the market. For example, Gonzales quoted from a US Federal Reserve paper that demonstrated as price-earnings ratios increase the long term returns from the sharemarket are likely to decline. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
... worked 6 to 9 hours and 11 per cent were employed for more than 10 hours per week. The latest estimates from the US Federal Reserve Bank forecasts the US economy to growth between 2.5 and 3 per cent this year following the 3.4 per cent growth last year. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
... Britain's leading shares ended down 0.6 per cent, as support from Corus Group was outweighed by banks ahead of the US Federal Reserve's interest rate decision after the UK markets close. The FTSE 100 closed at 6,203.1 points, down 38.9 or 0.62 per cent. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
... since October 27. HONG KONG - Hong Kong blue-chip stocks ended flat as investors stayed cautious before the US Federal Reserve's final meeting of the year, with investors locking in profits in recent high-fliers like Hutchison Whampoa. The benchmark ...