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Fed’s $4 trillion holdings keep boosting growth
October 24th, 2014
Quantitative easing may turn out to be a gift that keeps on giving for the U.S. economy. As the Federal Reserve prepares to end its third round of bond buying next week, the central bank plans to hang on ...
Fed to stress-test banks with housing scenarios
October 24th, 2014
The Federal Reserve said it will scrutinize how 31 large U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc., would respond to a plunge in equity and housing prices and a sharp downturn in the global economy. The ...
China Factory Gauge Rises as Workers Weather Slowdown
October 23rd, 2014
A Chinese manufacturing gauge rose in October, adding to signs a resilient labor market and export demand are helping the world’s second-largest economy weather a housing market downturn. The preliminary Purchasing Managers’ Index from HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit ...
Initiative promises legal advice for those without lawyers in courts
October 23rd, 2014
A network of in-court advice centres providing support for unrepresented litigants in civil and family law cases is to be funded by the Ministry of Justice and expanded to cover the whole country. There has been a surge in ...
Australia 200 – Within Reach of Key 5400 Level
October 22nd, 2014
Australia 200 for Wednesday, October 22, 2014 Since the beginning of September the Australia 200 Index has declined strongly from its multi-year high after running into resistance around 5650 back to enter its previously established trading range between 5400 ...
China’s economic growth slows to 7.3 percent in third quarter, near six-year low
October 21st, 2014
China grew at its slowest pace since the global financial crisis in the September quarter and risks missing its official target for the first time in 15 years, adding to concerns the world’s second-largest economy is becoming a drag ...
Volatility unlikely to alter Fed’s Policy Course
October 20th, 2014
The Federal Reserve still plans to wrap up its bond-buying campaign at the end of October and remains likely to raise interest rates in mid-2015, although it now seems less likely to act sooner, analysts say. The Federal Reserve ...
Bloc in Europe Starts to Balk Over Austerity
October 17th, 2014
France, Italy and the European Central Bank have coalesced into a bloc against Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, and they are insisting that Berlin change course. With Europe once again rattling global markets, many of the largest European countries ...
ICAEW fines member for improper tax claims
October 17th, 2014
An ICAEW member was severely reprimanded and fined £32,500 for submitting and later amending a personal self assessment tax return that he knew included improper claims against self employed income, or should have known he could not claim those ...
Merkel urges EU to keep up reforms as crisis not over
October 16th, 2014
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told parliament on Thursday that Europe must push ahead with efforts to cut public deficits and improve competitiveness because the euro zone debt crisis has not yet been overcome and its causes have not been ...
