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Weekly economic round-up

... gain in the month following a 1.9 per cent fall in January. However, this week's major market event is the US Federal Reserve's two day FOMC meeting - chairman Bernanke's first - where it is expected to lift the federal funds rate to 4.75 per cent. The ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2006
... adding 221.14 points since last Friday. HONG KONG - Stocks ended lower as sentiment grew cautious ahead of the US Federal Reserve rate-setting meeting next week, but H-shares closed at their highest level in a month, fueled by speculation of further ...

Daily economic update

... earlier this week. If the US housing sector - one of the major drivers of growth - does not slow, expect the US Federal Reserve to continue raising interest rates. The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will meet next week - the first meeting under ...

Weekly economic round-up

... coming in lower-than-expected in February, the balance of probabilities has tipped towards the view that the US Federal Reserve is close to the end of its tightening cycle. US headline CPI rose by 0.1 per cent in February and the core inflation measure ...

Daily economic update

The US Federal Reserve will view last night's inflation report favourably. US headline CPI rose by 0.1 per cent in February and the core inflation measure also increased by a mild 0.1 per cent. Expectations were for a rise of 0.1 per cent and 0.2 per ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2006
... firmer at 5000. NEW YORK - US. blue-chip stocks rallied as benign inflation data bolstered expectations that the US Federal Reserve may soon stop raising interest rates, but losses in technology shares such as Google dragged the Nasdaq lower. The Dow ...

Daily Economic Update

... are up by a small 0.8 per cent. Export prices were unchanged and year/year is up 2.6 per cent. Based on the US Federal Reserve's flow of funds report, the ISI Group reported that Mortgage Equity Withdrawals (MEW) was a hefty US$883 billion in the third ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2006
... regional markets, but gains were capped amid caution ahead of earnings reports due later in the week and a US Federal Reserve meeting this month. The Hang Seng index ended at 15,542.07, up 97.02 points. WELLINGTON - The benchmark sharemarket index hit ...

Daily economic update

... monetary policy in the near term. The RBA's stance differs from the monetary bias of other central banks. The US Federal Reserve is expected to continue raising interest rates this year, the ECB has tightened policy despite still weak growth in the economy ...

Weekly economic round-up

... Macfarlane's semi-annual testimony before the Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration. New US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will also deliver his first semi-annual monetary policy report to the US House Financial Services ...