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Economics

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
The Australian stock market is weaker after negative leads from overseas markets and pain in the energy sector.

A win-win currency war?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
The Fed could start raising the fed funds rate in June or July or August or September this year or January 2016. It doesn't matter. What matters is it will be the first central bank to do so. That's all that matters.

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
The share market is stronger due to gains on Wall Street and signs of another Reserve Bank rate cut.

"Patient" is the (key)word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
What isn't funny is that the deletion of just one word could spark the turn of the virtuous cycle that the Fed has spent so much money on into a vicious one.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street lifted more than one per cent as investors weighed the timing of US interest-rate increases after lower-than-forecast economic data.

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
The share market has started the week on the backfoot as cautious investors sit on the sidelines in the lead up to this week's US Federal Reserve meeting.

Patience, my dear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
The key to "guessing" whether or not that keyword will remain or would be deleted in this month's FOMC meeting is to look at what has changed (or not) since the Fed's 27-28 January meeting.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell on renewed anxiety over falling oil prices and the rising US dollar.

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
The share market is lower, with falls in all sectors, despite a strong lead from Wall Street.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street lifted following disappointing retail sales figures which bolstered the case for keeping US interest rates low.