Posts Tagged ‘Focus’

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-24 21:35 WRAPUP 4-U.S. new home sales hit record low, prices tumble

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-24 21:35 WRAPUP 4-U.S. new home sales hit record low, prices tumble
By Lucia Mutikani

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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-16 20:15 UPDATE 4-PMI Group posts wider Q4 loss, signals better 2010

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-16 20:15 UPDATE 4-PMI Group posts wider Q4 loss, signals better 2010
By Anurag Kotoky

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As Investors Await Fed to Act, Focus Is Not Just On Rates

As Investors Await Fed to Act, Focus Is Not Just On Rates
As the Federal Reserve begins backing away from a range of stimulus programs, investors have a lot more to keep an eye on than interest rates.

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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-10 14:53 UPDATE 1-U.S. home loan demand drops despite drop in rates

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-10 14:53 UPDATE 1-U.S. home loan demand drops despite drop in rates
By Julie Haviv

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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-09 21:19 Aussie dlr rallies, bonds off on talk of Greek aid

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-09 21:19 Aussie dlr rallies, bonds off on talk of Greek aid
————–(Snapshot at 8:00 a.m./2100 GMT)—————– FOREX (vs Late Sydney) DEBT FUTURES (Night Session) 0.8777 (0.8700) 90-DAY (MAR) 95.79 (95.79) 0.6368 (0.6343) 3-YR (MAR) 95.20 (95.26) 78.67 (77.79) 10-YR (MAR) 94.480(94.540) 1.2612 (1.2623) US10-YR 3.64 (3.59)

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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-09 05:34 Indian shares seesaw; techs rise, financials fall

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-09 05:34 Indian shares seesaw; techs rise, financials fall
MUMBAI, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Indian shares were trading 0.3 percent higher on Tuesday after flip-flopping as mixed Asian markets offered little comfort and euro zone’s sovereign debt troubles kept investors wary.

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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-05 21:03 UPDATE 1-Fed program’s end won’t cause mtg rate jump-Hoenig

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-05 21:03 UPDATE 1-Fed program’s end won’t cause mtg rate jump-Hoenig
NEW YORK, Feb 5 (Reuters) – Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Hoenig said on Friday that mortgage rates will not necessarily rise significantly once the Fed ends its emergency support program for the mortgage market. The Federal Reserve is due to end its $1.25 trillion mortgage-backed securities purchase program at the end of March. “I’m not willing to assume that mortgage rates …

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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-04 16:27 UPDATE 1-US 30-yr mortgage rates hover still around 5 pct

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-04 16:27 UPDATE 1-US 30-yr mortgage rates hover still around 5 pct
By Lynn Adler

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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-03 03:51 Bank of China pulls back preferential mortgage policy

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-03 03:51 Bank of China pulls back preferential mortgage policy
BEIJING, Feb 3 (Reuters) – Bank of China, the country’s third-largest bank by market capitalisation, said on Wednesday it had cut a discount on mortgage rates offered to home buyers, in an effort to optimise lending structures. Beijing allowed lenders to offer 30 percent discount on mortgage rates to first-home buyers in late 2008 to boost property sales at the height of the global financial …

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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-03 02:52 Bank of China raises mortgage rates -paper

(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-03 02:52 Bank of China raises mortgage rates -paper
BEIJING, Feb 3 (Reuters) – Bank of China , the country’s third largest bank by market capitalisation, has raised mortgage rates offered to first-home buyers, the Beijing News reported on Tuesday. Citing unnamed sources from three of the bank’s branches in Beijing, the local newspaper said first-home buyers would only be able to obtain mortgages at a 15 percent discount to benchmark lending rates …

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