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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... markets. The markets are wary at the moment about concerns that the monetary authorities in China may start raising interest rates soon to keep a lid on mounting inflationary pressures - figures earlier showed that China's inflation rate jumped to 2.7 ...

One down, more to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... now confident that recovery is assured. Remember what happened to Australia when the RBA first started raising interest rates? But it was not to be...and rightly so. Not with US unemployment still at double-digits and not with the US housing market weakening ...

The I word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... a-buzz that the US Federal Reserve - which is in the midst of its two-day FOMC meeting - would likely begin raising interest rates sooner and/or unwinding some of the stimulus measures. I wonder how financial markets could go from point A (higher-than-expected ...

Thanks for now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... etc. Thank you. Yes there is a risk that the housing market will reverse its reversal once the Fed starts raising interest rates, the government stops giving tax credit and Americans grow even more worried about their jobs. Uncle Sam cannot issue cheques ...

Rejoice for rates have risen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... interest rates and low inflation all at once. The RBA's tact (or is it market expectations?) of gently raising interest rates should be welcomed. On one hand, it eliminates the need to go in one go - which would shock the beejesus out of financial markets. ...

Higher...higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... Heck, the Lucky Country is so lucky, financial markets are betting even-money odds that the RBA will start raising interest rates already as early as November this year. Yes! This year! I think, it's a premature call but this is another story. Look at ...

Five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... Simply, this saying states that equity markets -- on average -- goes down when the US Federal Reserve is raising interest rates. Share prices rise when the Fed lowers rates. We all know why. Rising interest rates dampens economic activity as the cost ...

Lower, higher, steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... President Lacker last night noted that current policy is 'very cumulative' and requires the Fed not to delay raising interest rates. Although he acknowledged the stress in the US credit markets, he indicated that the Fed might not be able to wait until ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... rising interest rates. Economists don't expect this will prevent the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) from raising interest rates again today, however, given its concerns about the outlook for inflation. Upmarket retailer David Jones Ltd has unveiled ...

Retail profits, currency price cuts and ag-flation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... Budget can be used to control rising consumer spending and take heat out of the Reserve Bank's mood for raising interest rates. Yet the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) in a statement last week asked the government to lower personal ...