Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1111 - 1120 of 2023 results for "RBA"

Friday the 13th spook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013

Wonderully dreadful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... first quarter.A It's not growing fast enough to reverse the rising trend in the unemployment rate.A And this, even with the RBA cutting the official cash rate from 4.75% (October 2011) to a record low 2.5%. Tony! Tony! Tony!A He's our man, if he can't ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... fit only one shoe. You know where I'm going with this, don't you Virginia?A Where else but the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy setting.A It decided to hold fire and keep the official cash rate at 2.5% after its Board meeting yesterday. ...

30 days hath September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... quarter (2.5% year-on-year) - what more with the reduction/elimination of these. But boo hoo hoo.A I cry too, not because the RBA won't be cutting rates today - but I cry for those who saw the big market gains on the first trading day of September...and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... share price index futures contract was down 18 points at 5,100. In economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases the index of commodity prices for month just ended, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases the ...

Deutsche Bank dismisses mining fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... However AMP chief economist Shane Oliver does not share Deutsche Bank's optimism and believes the stage is set for another RBA rate cut. "Given the importance of mining investment in recent years and going forward for the Australian economy, the June ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... governor (Financial Markets) Guy Debelle is scheduled to speak on The Impact of Payments System and Prudential Reforms on the RBA's Provision of Liquidity, at an Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA) and RBA briefing. The RBA's Payments System ...

Who do you trust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013

Run China run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013

Rate cut impacts SMSFs, retirees

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decision to cut the cash rate by 25 basis points may impact self-managed super funds (SMSF) and retirees, meaning that financial advisers may have to work with them to seek other sources of income. Retirees and SMSFs ...