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Low prices inflate RBA rate cut chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... the RBA's concerns over adding more fuel to the overheated housing market, it would be justified to cut the official cash rate sooner rather than later. More so given the renewed strength in the Australian dollar - it's currently fetching US$0.7534 ...

Moody Aussies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... the month of May (8.5%) and August (2.0%) last year - the two months when the Australian central bank cut the official cash rate by 25 bps each.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... in the ACT. Australia RBA policy decision As widely-expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate unchanged at a record low 1.5% following its 6 December Board meeting which it deemed "consistent with sustainable growth in ...

CPI says RBA no go on Melbourne Cup Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... November, Melbourne Cup Day, but not on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) shaving another 25 basis points off the official cash rate that currently stands at a record low 1.5%. This is the message from the September quarter inflation update. The Australian ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Australia business confidence The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) 25bps cut in the official cash rate to 1.50% in August helped lift the NAB business confidence indext from a reading of plus 4 in July to plus 6 last month - consistent with its long-term ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... of New Zealand (RBNZ) for its decision to cut interest rates a second time this year. The RBNZ lowered the official cash rate by 25 bps to a record low 2.0% after its 11 August Board meeting. It last lowered interest rates from 2.5% to 2.25% back in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... further. Recall that the RBA flagged the easing in the home lending market as among its reasons for lowering the official cash rate earlier this month. Japan machinery orders At last, some rare good news out of Japan. Machinery orders jumped by 8.3% ...

K2 hurt by Brexit call

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... 13% in June also had an impact on K2's performance. Neal said K2 expected the US Federal Reserve to lift its official cash rate in December 2015, however it did not expect the People's Bank of China to then devalue the Yuan against the US dollar and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... quarterly rate. Business confidence is expected to improve in coming months as the RBA's 25 basis point cut in the official cash rate to 1.5% on the 2nd of August (announced after the survey) filters through into the economy. US non-farm productivity ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... institutions". Unlike the BOJ, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) did not blame Brexit for its decision to lower the official cash rate to a fresher low of 1.5% when its Board met on the 2nd of August. Below-target inflation is RBA's problem - headline ...