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Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
... businesses reliant upon sugar $100,000 to $300,000 per year depending on their need for the commodity. Overnight the US Federal Reserve announced it will keep interest rate steady for the fifth consecutive month. The Fed believes core inflation rates ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006
... shares of energy companies. The Dow climbed to 12,147.97 -- another record intra-day high -- shortly after the US Federal Reserve announced its decision to keep benchmark interest rates steady at 5.25 per cent and said inflationary pressures are likely ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
... profits, but the Dow Jones industrial average was higher. Investors were also cautious as policy makers at the US Federal Reserve gathered for a two-day meeting that could yield indications about future interest rate moves. An announcement on the central ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
... the annual rate of inflation now tallies to 2.9 per cent which is outside the 1-2 per cent target band of the US Federal Reserve. A fall in industrial production by 0.6 per cent to an annual growth rate of 3.6 per cent which is significantly down on ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
... per cent overall and Victoria and Queensland fell by just a couple of per cent less. The likelihood of the US Federal Reserve Bank raising interest rates lessened yesterday with the release of the Institute for Supply Management's Manufacturing Index ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
... a year ago. This worse than expected situation for the US housing sector greatly reduces the chance of the US Federal Reserve Bank increasing interest rates as they did for 17 consecutive occasions until their last opportunity and indeed now there is ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open stronger today following the US Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates at 5.25 per cent. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0727 AEST, the September share price index contract gained 20 points ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
... strength of the Australian dollar. Yields on local bond edged higher yesterday in anticipation of a forthcoming US Federal Reserve meeting. Commenting on the rise of East Asia, Singaporean strategist, Tommy Koh, said that on current trends this region ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2006
... opened softer this morning after a moderate US CPI figure was released on Friday, cooling speculation that the US Federal Reserve will increase interest rates to curb any inflation risk when it meets on Wednesday (Australian time) this week. Oil prices ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2006
... the UK on 29 per cent, the US on 27 per cent and China on 20 per cent of those exports. Some pressure on the US Federal Reserve to maintain interest rates at their current level of 5.25 per cent has come with the announcement that the US trade deficit ...