Asian indexes go up for sixth day ahead Fed meeting

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Source: Bloomberg

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index added 0.2% on the mid trading session in Tokyo on Thursday. Index shows the longest winning streak since July amid speculation the FED will outline a bond-buying programme at policy meeting today. According to a Bloomberg survey, two-thirds of economists think that Ben Bernanke, the FED Chairman, will announce Q3, which is likely to push markets' benchmarks even higher.

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Thu, 13 Sep 2012 06:58:50 GMT

Dollar edges lower ahead FED decision

The ICE Dollar index, which measures the Dollar value versus six major currency peers, slipped -0.15% to 79.58 on late Asia trading session on Thursday. Index was close to a 5-month low as investors awaited for the U.S. Federal Reserve decision on bond-buying programme and changes in its key interest rate guidance. 

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 06:16:50 GMT

South Korea keeps interest rate on hold

The Bank of Korea announced holding the key interest rate unchanged at 3% for the second consecutive month. Analysts of the bank expect consumer price increase in coming month due to recent typhoon and higher oil and grain prices in the world market. However, these factors keep inflation in the target bands of 2% and 4% and bank's analysts consider the recent government spending expansion as

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