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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... home loan crisis. Dealers said sharp gains on Wall Street on Tuesday, led by the banks on encouraging comments from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, made for a solid day in Asia on Wednesday and set the stage for a European recovery too after very heavy losses. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... flagging growth amid housing and credit crises. In an accompanying policy statement, the FOMC echoed comments from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke that the world's biggest economy remains weak but that the risk of a severe slump had eased. LONDON - Britain's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... pegged at two per cent following a two-day meeting which kicks off on Tuesday despite tough talk on inflation from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke. LONDON - Britain's index of leading shares closed 0.83 per cent higher, recouping some of last week's losses ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... underscored concerns about inflation, while the Federal Reserve chairman said financial markets are still troubled. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke also said strong demand from financial institutions to borrow from the Fed showed "markets are still far from ...

Sub-prime 20/20 hindsight

... crash of 1987." Greenspan cut rates on both those occasions and criticism is rife among some investors that current Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke, has failed to be as forceful in responding to current financial turmoil. Most local economists and market ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
... volatile food and energy costs, remained "uncomfortably high," dispelling expectations of a rate cut any time soon. The Fed chairman also said subprime mortgage market problems could delay a housing recovery. The Dow Jones industrial average ended down ...

No free lunch with high conviction funds: WestLB Mellon

... concurred, "In the last six weeks, there's been a fundamental re-appraisal of the risks in the market." He said that Fed chairman Ben Bernanke has introduced a fresh period of volatility in the market, following the golden Greenspan years. "It's easy ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2006
... next Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting towards the end of this month. Recent hawkish statements by the Fed Chairman and other officials have increased speculation that the US central bank will decide to raise the fed funds rate target by 25 ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
... likelihood of a Fed pause returned following comments by Fed officials overnight. In a question and answer session, US Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke stated that the US central bank has factored in a slowing housing market in its analysis and sees an 'orderly ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006
... slow and that there is a risk of a hard landing which could negatively impact consumer spending. According to the Fed Chairman, core inflation, which is a better indicator on 'long-term inflation trends', is stable with strong productivity gains limiting ...