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Good news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... anniversary of the disbursement of the stimulus from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) - the Obama administration is congratulating itself for a job well done. The fiscal and monetary stimulus worked. Reuters reports that the White House ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... their mounting levels of debt. Stocks have also been hurt by China's plans to contain economic growth and the Obama administration's proposed rules to restrict trading by large financial institutions. At 0635 AEDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was ...

Stimulexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... data - mixed as they may be - shows that the US is on recovery mode. It is unlikely that the Fed and the Obama administration would do something too drastic that would abort this. Having said that, the Fed might raise interest rates in the middle of ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
You are the definition of moral hazard! These words - delivered by Kentucky Republican Senator Jim Bunning at Ben Bernanke's Senate hearing on his nomination for a second term as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve - perhaps reflects the embodiment of ...

Rejoice for rates have risen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... at the US. Trillions of dollars spent and it still struggles to get back on its feet. So much so that the Obama administration is once again thinking of topping up the stimulus measures. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told a briefing that there ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... $20.32, and Westpac Banking Group fell four cents, or 0.21 per cent, to $19.16. Wall Street's fall on the Obama Administration's deadline for US carmakers had a modest impact on the local materials sector, Mr Chatterton said. BHP Billiton lost 37 cents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... to investors that the economy is showing signs of stabilising. Banking stocks gave up some ground as the Obama administration unveiled a sweeping overhaul of the financial system designed to place greater regulation on big market players like hedge funds. ...

Subsidise financial advice: Shiller

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... rescued Americans from the Great Depression, Shiller said the government's bail-out package is not enough. The Obama administration needs to ensure that the taxpayers, fronting up the funds, and the homeowners and laid-out workers, worst hit by the downturn ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... 1.26 per cent, to 3,435.1. NEW YORK - Financial stocks have led Wall Street higher on investor hopes the Obama administration will create banks to absorb the bad assets weighing down the financial system. In mid-afternoon trading, the Dow Jones Industrial ...

Good Bank Bad Bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... of financial institutions. This plan is expected to be announced next week. If the rumours are true, the Obama administration maybe hoping that this bad bank will succeed the same way that the Resolution and Trust Corporation (RTC) -- established in ...