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A Fed surprise?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... central banks' surprises of the past two weeks and spring her own at the conclusion of the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting (FOMC) tomorrow? If she does, then baby, that indeed would be a big surprise. Currently, majority of bets are for a rates ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... for the RBA to release minutes of its monthly board meeting at 1130 AEST, and tonight's US Federal Open Market Committee meeting. On Wall Street overnight, the Dow Jones industrial average climbed 0.26 of a per cent while the S&P500 dipped 0.07 of a ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... Lowe's missed expectations, falling 0.2 per cent. The minutes of the Fed's policy setting Federal Open Market Committee meeting in April showed policy makers discussing how to manage the impact of an interest rate hike they expect to implement only in ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... index futures contract was up five points at 4,873. The US central bank's June 18 and 19 Federal Open Market Committee meeting showed "about half" of the participants thought the $US85 billion a month bond buying program should be wound up by the end ...

Extending the extended extension

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2012
... another something to celebrate. It is extending the extended extension. Following its regular Federal Open Market Committee meeting yesterday, the Fed announced an extension of the already extended zero interest rate policy (ZIRP). "... the Committee ...

Stocks rally hard as Australia deemed a bargain buy

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... levels" for at least the next two years. In a statement released after the closely watched Federal Open Market Committee meeting overnight, a divided Fed said it would keep rates close to zero until the middle of 2013 due to US economic weakness Three ...

Stocks in freefall on recession fears, banks cut mortgage rates

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... Susan Buckley, Managing Director, Global Fixed Interest at QIC said all eyes would be on the Federal Open Market Committee meeting tonight seeking reassurance that policy-makers would staunch the bleeding. "There's a lot of speculation of what tools ...

US Fed hints at QE3

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... third round of quantitative easing from the US Federal Reserve emerged from the minutes of a Federal Open Market Committee meeting released overnight. The FOMC minutes from its June 21-22 meeting revealed that policy makers disagree on whether additional ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... economy. TOKYO - Japanese stocks closed flat on Monday, with investor caution before the Federal Open Market Committee meeting this week offsetting gains in power companies, which rose on a minister's call for the restart of nuclear reactors. Power company ...

Much ado over more of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... dressed up and nowhere to go. Yup! Wall Street went nowhere alright. A day before last night's Federal Open Market Committee Meeting (FOMC), Wall Street was all prepped, seemingly ready to take it all, whatever the Fed decides - or more, importantly ...
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