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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... the Reserve Bank of Australia's quarterly statement. OptionsXpress market analyst Ben Le Brun said investors interpreted the RBA's statement as suggesting the pressure to lower interest rates further was not as strong as the market expected. "We've come ...

Easing here, there and everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
And an easing here, an easing there, everywhere an easing... Just a day after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) joined the central bank surprise club and decided to ooh, ahh, "have what they're having", and two days after I typed on this space "and ...

Majority wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... for the six sages (out of 26 economists surveyed by Bloomberg) who correctly anticipated the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) verdict to cut interest rates by 25 bps to a historic low 2.25% yesterday. They're heroes! So much so, that the Australian ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... 5,740. Consumers are waiting to find out whether their lenders will pass on a quarter of a percentage point rate cut after the RBA cut the cash rate to 2.25 per cent on Tuesday. And oil prices have risen more than five per cent overnight on hopes of ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... oil prices overnight. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the local market was also being buoyed by rising expectations the RBA will cut the cash rate on Tuesday. The cash rate currently sits at 2.5% but markets are pricing in a 65% chance of a quarter ...

Taylor rules the RBA just right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
Go ahead Glenn, make our day! That's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens to us, thank you very much and the day... the day is the Australian central bank's first meeting for 2015. Despite "Roubini Global urges RBA to hold interest ...

When Harry met Sally syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... might surprise and not raise interest rates in June as expected or for all of 2015 for that matter. And what about China? The RBA decides tomorrow whether it, too, would "have what they're having".

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... Governor Graeme Wheeler surprised the market on Thursday by saying the next adjustment could be "either up or down". If the RBA cuts the cash rate on Tuesday the local market would go a lot higher, Mr K'Nell said. At 1200 AEDT Commonwealth Bank had lifted ...

Government to blame for fall in business confidence

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... Advisors chief economist Christopher Probyn. Speaking about the fall in value of the Australian dollar, Eslake said that "the RBA is not going to cut the cash rate this year, but it will be as active as they have been in the money market last year." ...

Happy Australian dollar Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... A-dollar dropped to US$0.7855 - its lowest level since July 2009 - bringing it closer to the US$0.75 mark that would make RBA Governor Glenn Stevens a happy little vegemite... and us too, of course. It's currently trading at US$0.7921, 16.5% below the ...