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Obama victory ignites fiscal cliff fears

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... some certainty over US fiscal policy. Weldon continued: "The stock market should benefit from the knowledge that monetary policy will now remain unchanged. Mitt Romney had pledged to remove Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve and was opposed ...

RBA says its ok

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... expected and recent information on the world economy slightly more positive, the Board judged that the stance of monetary policy was appropriate for the time being." This was how the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) explained its decision to leave the ...

A week full of question marks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... until we get definite answers to this week's question marks - US elections, Greek austerity vote, ECB, BOE, RBA monetary policy decisions. And oh, there's also a question mark on which horse will win tomorrow's Melbourne Cup.

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... $US1.2972. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mostly higher after the US Federal Reserve said it would keep its loose monetary policy in place until there is stronger evidence America's economy is back on its feet. The euro rose despite another round of ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... European stocks closed higher as traders digested mixed economic data before the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting. At 0628 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 10 points at 4,482. No major ...

Bad everywhere news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... Something that would sure worry the members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) when it begins is two-day monetary policy deliberations later today. However, I don't think anyone expects the Fed to announce anything of significance after their ...

Don't ignore China banks: Macquarie

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... are domestically owned, he said. "It's a market in which China has complete dominance. And it's not related to monetary policy in western nations, which is something people tend to ignore," said Wang. Of course, China's economy is affected by decisions ...

Wen again gets what Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... economy is like a car "stuck in the snow" because "under excessively loose monetary conditions, further easing in monetary policy does not get the Chinese economy moving forward" and "this is a problem that we have been discussing in great detail in ...

QE results in currency wars

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... according to Threadneedle Investments. In the post-Lehman days, the Federal Reserve adopted a new framework for monetary policy with the introduction of quantitative easing (QE) and an era of central bank balance sheet expansion was born. Fast forward ...

Woe R'Us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... and behind only Norway and Switzerland in terms of per capita GDP), employment, fiscal balance, scope for more monetary policy accommodation... you name it - "We're simply the best, better than all the rest". It gives meaning to the first phrase of the ...