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Market Wrap

... pressure on resources stocks, which have fallen in the last week amid softening commodities prices. Concerns the US Federal Reserve could hike interest rates sooner than than expected could also weigh on investor sentiment here. Yesterday the Australian ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004
... margin and that the US February trade deficit was narrower than expected. The data fuelled expectations that the US Federal Reserve would hike interest rates sooner rather than later, which sent the US dollar higher against other currencies including ...

Fed leaves US rates unchanged, pledges patience

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2004
The US Federal Reserve opted today to keep interest rates at 1958 lows and signalled it was in no hurry to raise borrowing costs with job creation so sluggish and inflation tame. The unanimous decision by the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee ...

Market Wrap

... $US0.7879/86 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7872/77. The local unit rose by as much as one US cent after US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's testimony to congress on Wednesday drove investors to dump US dollars. Greenspan's commentary ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2004
... trade. Wall St was mixed with blue chip stocks little changed, while the tech stocks fell after yesterday the US Federal Reserve abandoned its pledge to keep interest rates low "for a considerable period." In overnight trading on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

US Federal Reserve holds key short-term rate at 1%

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2004
The Federal Reserve, not wanting to upset the economic recovery, held a main short-term interest rate at a 45-year low today. Wrapping up a two-day meeting - the first regularly scheduled session of the year - Fed chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2004
The Australian dollar fell almost 1% against a surging US dollar after the US Federal Reserve softened its commitment to maintain interest rates at current record lows for a considerable period. At 0700 AEDT the local currency was trading at $US0.7734/39 ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar weaker on US unit comeback

... which was trading at fresh six-year highs, has since yesterday been weighed on by positive rumblings from the US Federal Reserve Open Markets Committee (FOMC). The FOMC kept the 1.00 per cent funds rate on hold but signaled that the economy had improved ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar hits new six-year high

The Australian dollar posted a new six year high above 74 US cents overnight ahead of the US Federal Reserve's (Fed) decision to leave interest rates unchanged. At 0700 AEDT the local unit was trading at $US0.7414/19 compared with yesterday's close ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar hits new high overnight

... the economic front today, a new consumer debt report will be released while Dr Robert Parry, president of the US Federal Reserve San Francisco, will deliver a speech in Sydney. Stockbroker Rene Rivkin's company Rivkin Financial Services will also host ...