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Penny for Benny's thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... waiting on the sidelines for the really big event - at least for this week. And this is US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's semi-annual testimony on the US economy and interest rates before the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... 4,533. NEW YORK - US stocks finished lower, but recovered from early losses in reaction to US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's plans to dismantle the central bank's economic supports. Dr Bernanke was due to appear before a House of Representatives ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... or 0.55 per cent, to 4695.2. NEW YORK - Financial markets were reassured by comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who said interest rates would remain low as the economy proceeds on slow recovery. Stocks fell back in mid-afternoon trading ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... after hovering around that level for the past month. Stocks pared some of their gains after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said policymakers would monitor the dollar while at the same time repeating that the Fed would hold interest rates low until ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... Meanwhile, a private sector group's forecast of economic activity on Monday further validated Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's pronouncement last week that the US recession was "likely over" from a technical standpoint. The Conference Board's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... in major economies. US industrial production data, merger and acquisition activity and US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's comments a day earlier that the US was out of recession all fuelled the positive sentiment. London's benchmark FTSE 100 ...

Three wise men - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... conference. The tone was similarly positive at the Brookings Institution in Washington, with US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke declaring that, "The recession is very likely over at this point." But he was not making 'a lot of money' - or at least ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... program that boosted auto sales, but also from spending on a wide range of other goods. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's comment that the recession "is very likely over" also appeared to help the mood as investors reflected on the one-year anniversary ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... with modest gains from choppy trade as the market weighed improved earnings reports and Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's cautious comments about economic recovery. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 67.79 points, or 0.77 per cent, to 8,915 ...

Best laid plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2009
... spend, spend, spend. Well I guess, now that Wall Street is back in a jolly good mood, US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke thought it wise to jump the gun by laying out his exit plan to Congress before market clamour for it grows loud and annoying ...