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Morning Market Report

The highlights and lowlights of this morning’s sharemarket activity.

Morning Market Report

The highlights and lowlights of this morning’s sharemarket activity.

Morning Market Report

The highlights and lowlights of this morning’s sharemarket activity.

No flowers for Bernanke

US Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke laid out at the US Senate finance committee the Fed’s expectations that the US economy will get worse before it gets better and that the Fed would continue cutting interest rates to revive the economy, writes Glenn Dyer.

Morning Market Report

The highlights and lowlights of this morning’s sharemarket activity.

The US stockmarket enters bear territory

The US stockmarket is moving rapidly towards bear territory after plunging more than 300 points on the back of big losses from Merrill Lynch and Washington Mutual, writes Glenn Dyer.

Morning Market Report

The highlights and lowlights of this morning’s sharemarket activity.

Turbulent markets have Bernanke changing tack

US Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, has indicated a change of tack for the Fed ahead of its now vital December 11 meeting, writes Glenn Dyer.

Morning Market Report

The highlights and lowlights of this morning’s sharemarket activity.

Bernanke warns of darkening days to come

Inflation is on the rise, the subprime mess will worsen, along with the housing crunch, and the losses and damage from both will be worse than anyone expects. A US recession? Don’t want to say. Glenn Dyer reports.

The US housing slump: a gorilla in the election room

It’s the gorilla in the back of the room that John Howard, Peter Costello, Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan haven’t even noticed. And it’s not our interest rates and a possible rise next month. The big animal being ignored is the US housing slump, writes Glenn Dyer.

Morning Market Report

The highlights and lowlights of this morning’s sharemarket activity.

Morning Market Report

The highlights and lowlights of this morning’s sharemarket activity.

Morning Market Report

The highlights and lowlights of this morning’s sharemarket activity.