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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2005
... all reporting first half earnings, while Caltex unveils a full year result. Also Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor, economic, Malcolm Edey speaks in Sydney.

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2005
... weaker at 4141 on a volume of 945 contracts. Today the market will be focused on testimony from Reserve Bank of Australia governor Ian MacFarlane, and will be looking for any indication of timing in relation to interest rate rises. As well, Zinifex ...

RBA foreshadows rate rise

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2004
Reserve Bank deputy governor Glenn Stevens yesterday kept alive the possibility that Australian interest rates may rise in the next year or so. Mr Stevens indicated that the central bank could move to lift rates at some stage in the future, if wages ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2004
... contracts. Today the National Australia Bank releases its monthly business survey and the Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Glenn Stevens speaks tonight.

Report calls for tougher limits on RBA board members

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2004
... same regulatory umbrella as the big banks, and for a new tool to measure house prices. Earlier this year, Reserve Bank governor Ian Macfarlane blocked board member Warwick McKibbin from taking an outside advisory role with a property investment fund. ...

RBA says forecasting 3.75% growth in 2004

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2004
The Reserve Bank was tipping economic growth for 2004 to come in at 3.75%, governor Ian Macfarlane said today. He said growth for calendar year 2003 had come in higher than expected at 3.9%, but had slowed in the first quarter of 2004. "Our forecast ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2004
... points lower at 3459 on a volume of 697 contracts. Today, the focus of the market will be on the Reserve Bank of Australia governor Ian Macfarlane, who fronts a parliamentary committee to discuss the RBA and the Australian economy.

Aust interest rates on hold in June - RBA

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2004
... weaker-than-expected exports and a slowing in consumer demand and high petrol prices have stayed the bank's hand. RBA deputy governor Glenn Stevens is due to give a speech in Brisbane at lunchtime which may give some explanation for the central bank's ...

Bush renominates Alan Greenspan as Fed chairman

President George W Bush renominated Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve overnight, praising his leadership and sending a strong signal of stability to financial markets. The nomination was announced as Greenspan met at the White House ...

Bank of Japan chief says GDP growth this year may halt deflation

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2004
... second-largest economy could ease in 2005 if overall economic growth and corporate reforms continue. But Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui cautioned Japanese against becoming too optimistic just yet. "Logically, we can expect deflation to ease between ...