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Market wrap

... despite the initial bearish reaction to the US jobs report, some analysts said the data was supportive of the US Federal Reserve's intention to adopt a measured approach to raising interest rates. On Friday the broad-based S&P-500 closed down 3.56 points ...

Bank stocks plunge after US rate rise

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2004
... United States stoked fears the same could follow here and curb the sector's growth. The previous night the US Federal Reserve lifted official interest rates by a quarter percent, the first increase in four years, but said further increases will be gradual. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2004
... expected to open firmer to begin the new trading year, with US stocks finishing higher overnight following the US Federal Reserve's decision to lift interest rates by 25 basis points to 1.25%. Banking stocks and US-oriented stocks are likely to be the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2004
... approach of the end of the financial year should conspire to limit the range on the local bourse. Offshore, the US Federal Reserve is expected to lift interest rates this week and that, coupled with the handover of control in Iraq, is likely to dominate ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2004
... pushing higher across the board. The rise in stocks came after a muted rise in inflation data suggested the US Federal Reserve would not need to hike interest rates as aggressively as first thought. By 0655 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange today ...

Market Wrap

... softer-than-expected housing starts data for April. Evidence of a cooling off in the housing market sparked investor hopes the US Federal Reserve may not be forced to hike rates as aggressively as previously feared. At the bell the Dow Jones industrial ...

Aust dollar tumbles more than one US cent over weekend

... US report, which also delivered a robust employment number last month, has fuelled market expectations of a US Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate hike as early as June. At 0700 AEST the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7015/21, compared with 0.7173/78 ...

Competition leaving little room for bank fee hikes, says Westpac

... construction," he said. Meanwhile, Mr Morgan said he thought the Reserve Bank of Australia might wait for the US Federal Reserve to move before acting on interest rates. AAP

Australia well-insulated against US rate hikes: Costello

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2004
... indefinitely. So there will be a movement in American interest rates," Costello told reporters after meeting with US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. "We've got a lot more insulation than many other countries... There will be worldwide pressure ...

Aust dlr begins week firm on back of $US weakness

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2004
... and US capacity utilisation for March also fell, resulting in the market being less confident of an imminent US Federal Reserve rate hike. Last week the US dollar surged against most major currencies on a raft of stronger than expected economic data ...