CALDEIRÃO DE BOLSA

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O dow já está a recuperar dos minímos o que fáz sentido pois era algo que já se esperava.

Bons negócios

Com declarações de Greenspan
Bolsas dos EUA abrem a perder
Os mercados norte-americanos abriram em queda, reagindo às palavras do presidente da Reserva Federal norte-americana (Fed), que indicou que a subida das taxas de juro nos EUA poderá ser mais rápida do que previsto. O Dow Jones seguia a cair 0,30% enquanto o Nasdaq recuava 0,52%.

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Ruben Bicho
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Os mercados norte-americanos abriram em queda, reagindo às palavras do presidente da Reserva Federal norte-americana (Fed), que indicou que a subida das taxas de juro nos EUA poderá ser mais rápida do que previsto. O Dow Jones seguia a cair 0,30% enquanto o Nasdaq recuava 0,52%.

O Dow Jones descia 0,30% para os 10.360,10 pontos, e o Nasdaq perdia 0,52% para 2010,02 pontos. O índice Standard&Poor’s (S&P500) caía 0,26% para 1.137,49 pontos.

Alan Greenspan afirmou, num discurso hoje em Londres, que a Fed está pronta para «fazer o que é preciso para controlar a inflação». O presidente da instituição reiterou que a intenção é fazer uma subida «calculada» das taxas de juro, como havia sido anunciado na última reunião do banco central, mas frisou que essa intenção poderá ser revista a qualquer altura.

08 Jun 2004 13:15 GMT


Greenspan: Fed Isn't Ruling Out Aggressive Rate Moves

By Joseph Rebello
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Tuesday that persistently high oil prices could trigger a bout of general inflation and said the U.S. central bank will raise interest rates aggressively if its forecasts of mild inflation prove to be wrong.

Speaking to a group of central bankers in London, Greenspan said the policy-making Federal Open Market committee still expects to raise its key federal funds rate gradually. But he expressed more discomfort about the inflation outlook than he has in years, noting a "significant" increase in the pricing power of U.S. businesses and saying the rise of energy prices has been "worrisome".

"The committee is of the view, as you know, that monetary policy accommodation can be removed at a pace that is likely to be measured," Greenspan said in prepared remarks that he delivered via satellite to the International Monetary Conference in London. "That conclusion is based on our current best judgment of how economic and financial forces will evolve in the months and quarters ahead."

"Should that judgment prove misplaced, however, the FOMC is prepared to do what is required to fulfill our obligations to achieve the maintenance of price stability so as to ensure maximum sustainable economic growth," Greenspan said.

The federal funds rate now stands at a 46-year low of 1%, where it has been for nearly a year. Most economists expect the Fed to raise it to 2.25% by the end of the year - in quarter-percentage point increments that would begin at the next FOMC meeting, June 29-30. Greenspan said that would represent a "substantial firming" of interest rates, but he said history suggests such expectations are "far from perfect" with respect to the timing and magnitude of interest-rate changes.


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June 08, 2004 09:15 ET (13:15 GMT)