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Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... Stocks were in positive territory virtually the entire session, but added to gains after the Fed announcement. The US central bank had been expected to keep interest rates unchanged, but some experts thought it might elaborate on its plans for monetary ...

RBNZ tries to turn the turn in NZ economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... purchasing power and resulting in lower costs to industry. What's more, it is offsetting strong wage increases, so the central bank can keep rates at the same level for the time being." (http://www.robeco.com/en/professionals/insights/markets/2015/03/diverging-tides-for-new-zealand-and-australia.jsp) ...

It's not the when but the what happens after

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... baker, the butcher and the candlestick maker try to outguess each other and the Fed over the exact timing of the US central bank's first step into returning monetary policy back to normal, the more relevant question is how would financial markets react. ...

GFC recovery only tentative

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... of tentative recovery. "That's not very encouraging," Bishop said. "Markets can be accused of being flattered by central bank policy. It's subdued any outbreaks of risk aversion and while that's been happening, the Australian [dollar] has slowed down ...

The "old economy" that is Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... According to the tech behemoths, Wall Street's outperformance is because of "unprecedented stimulus from the country's central bank, the US Federal Reserve" and - not beating their own drums - "...the glaring absence of a technology sector specifically". ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
Well they tried, and they tried, and they tried, but it seems that there's just no bringing back gold's shine. Gold was hit for six - that is, prices dropped for a sixth consecutive day overnight - down to a low of US$1,088.05 per ounce (the lowest ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... Friday's close. The Greek government made a 4.2 billion euros ($A6.16 billion) loan repayment due to the European Central Bank on Monday as well as outstanding sums owed to the International Monetary Fund, both creditors said in statements. The euro ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... to $US1.0855 from $US1.0875 late on Thursday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly rose after the European Central Bank boosted emergency aid to Greece and eurozone chiefs agreed a bridging loan to the country, while Hong Kong and Shanghai rallied ...

Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... 6-year low 0.5% also brings us back to early this year. Remember the series of "surprise" monetary easing moves by one central bank after the other during the first few months of 2015? The BOC's latest move could re-start another round of these surprises. ...

Chexit, Checcident and Chimbo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
Chexit, Checcident, Chimbo OlA(C)! OlA(C)! OlA(C)! A$ down... and the RBA didn't even have to lift a finger. Yes Virginia, it didn't happen overnight but it did happen. The A$ broke below US$0.74 (US$0.7398) last night - the first since mid-2009 - despite ...