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Global bonds sell-off from their unsustainable levels: ICAP

In its weekly economic insight released today, ICAP reported that a major correction in global bond markets has begun, and that it remains unlikely that bond yields will reach their June lows again in this cycle. ICAP mentioned that the only rationale ...

$A at 5-year high after RBA decision

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2003
... "My guess, their decision is linked to property, property, property," said TD Securities chief economist Stephen Koukoulas. ICAP chief economist Dr Ric Simes said the RBA had apparently decided that it had not seen sufficient evidence that credit and ...

RBA may cut interest rates, economy set to weaken: ICAP

... interest rates soon, as the balance of risks slowly tilts and the economy looks set to weaken more than expected, the latest ICAP weekly insight has forecasted. "In its testimony to the House of Representatives Committee last Friday, the Reserve Bank ...

RBA leaves interest rates at 4.75 per cent

... leave rates unchanged for, perhaps, the next six months and then to start to consider when to lift rates back to 'neutral'," ICAP chief economist Ric Simes said. "We have to wait until Friday when the RBA appears before the House of Reps Committee to ...

RBA to leave interest rates unchanged predicts ICAP

... (EMU), New Zealand and Sweden will decide to cut interest rates following their monetary policy meetings this week, today's ICAP weekly insight has predicted. However, growth will not slow far enough or for long enough to force the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Rising dollar advances case for interest rate cut: ICAP

... Australia (RBA) closer to easing interest rates in the second half of the year, according to Dr Ric Simes, chief economist at ICAP. Dr Simes said that since the RBA's last meeting in early May, the Federal Treasury has provided a slightly gloomier assessment ...

Budget will set the tone for upcoming economic debates: ICAP

... sizeable immediate impact on financial markets, but it will set the tone for some of the economic debate in coming months, ICAP chief economist Dr Ric Simes has predicted. The two most watched numbers will be the budget surplus and the growth forecast ...

Easing of business sentiment offset by end of Iraq war: RBA

... associated decline in oil prices, has thus removed a significant risk factor for the global economy," the statement continued. ICAP chief economist Dr Ric Simes said his understanding of the text was that "they would like to leave rates here indefinitely". ...

Impact of war should be put in context: ICAP

... economy over the next year are likely to relate to corrections from economic problems predating the Iraq war, global brokers ICAP said today. ICAP said that past asset bubbles like the tech and telco industries in the US, the equity bubble in Europe ...

Interest rate should remain unchanged despite pressures: ICAP

... Australia (RBA) policy as regards interest rates, according to Ric Simes, chief economist at global intermediary brokers ICAP. Dr Simes said the fall in economic growth is primarily due to the drought and a slowing down in the housing sector, adding ...