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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... per cent, to 4,787.3 points. NEW YORK - US stocks ended the week mired in red on Friday as investors shrugged off US inflation and consumer confidence reports and weighed disappointing company earnings and a firmer dollar. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... broader All Ordinaries index was down 33.1 points at 4,939.3 points. NEW YORK - The US stock market rose on Friday as US inflation data showed prices rising in line with traders' expectations, but tech stocks were slowed by disappointing Google earnings. ...

QE2 or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
You can almost hear the Wall Street's collective hallelujahs after the US Federal Reserve reported an unexpected fall in industrial production. And no, that is not a typo. Wall Street was actually happy that it was disappointed. Huh? Yes, you read correctly. ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... least, that's what financial markets believe. The only question now is how and how big. And then, she'll be right! US inflation expectations would start rising, American consumers will start spending more, banks will start lending more, businesses will ...

Greenback weakness not all good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... currencies went into freefall during the Asian Crisis of 1997/98. A precipitous fall in the greenback would push US inflation up, interest rates up, economy down. Back to square one. So recent headlines welcoming the fall in the US dollar as a sign of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... cent, to 910.71. LONDON - European stock markets closed sharply lower, extending losses after weaker-than-expected US inflation data raised fresh doubts about the strength of any US economic recovery. The London FTSE 100 index fell 50.11 points, or 1.16 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... European stock markets closed sharply lower with losses of four per cent and more after much worse-than-expected US inflation and housing data hit already weak sentiment. In London, the FTSE 100 index of leading shares fell 202.87 points, or 4.82 per ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... Sydney was $US794.85 an ounce, down $US38.05 on yesterday's local close of $US832.90. Gold slid overnight as strong US inflation numbers boosted the case for higher interest rates and a recovering US dollar. Silver and copper also declined. BHP Billiton ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... main stock markets rose on Thursday, brushing aside news of shrinking European economic growth and disappointing US inflation data. The eurozone economy contracted in the second quarter for the first time since its formation, with German gross domestic ...

All Eyes on the CPI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser unsettled the bond markets and sent the US dollar higher. Plosser said US inflation is 'too high' and inconsistent with the goals of the Fed. He added that monetary policy is too loose and that the US Central ...