澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-05

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"Very generally, I think people are quite unhappy with the state of the economy and what's happening. They blame, with some justification³, the problems in the financial sector⁴ for getting us into this mess, and they are dissatisfied with the policy response here in Washington. And at some level, I can't blame them. Certainly, 9% unemployment and very slow growth is not a very good situation. That's what they are protesting."

 

Ben Bernanke there 

 

Let’s look at the markets, the Dow had a bit of the final-hour surge--it closed up 153 points. The NASDAQ is up 69; the S&P500 rose three. And across in London, the FTSE closed 131 points lower. 

 

Checking commodity prices, West Texas Crude is trading at 75 US dollars and 41 cents a barrel. Tapis crude is at 113 US dollars and 79 cents a barrel. And gold this morning is trading at 1,613 dollars and 94 cents an ounce. The Australian dollar is buying 95 US cents, 71 euro cents and 61 pence sterling⁵.

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