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Too clever by half

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... Prime Minister Paul Keating's L-A-W tax cuts. What's a done deal is more interest rate increases by the Reserve Bank of Australia - if not today - then at their meeting next month or the month after. Someone is also being too clever by half in the United ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... 20 points higher at 4,815 points, on a volume of 3,207 contracts. In economics news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its monthly board meeting and is expected to announce its decision on interest rates at 1430 AEST. The Commonwealth Bank-Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... was 62 points lower at 4,757 points, on a volume of 4,353 contracts. In economics news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia publishes the index of commodity prices for April. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the house price index for ...

Too much ado about Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... Spain, and... Smokin'! What worries me more is the 25 per cent increase in tobacco tax by Krudd and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) poised to pull the interest rate trigger again next week. Oh well... at least there's the promise of a tax cut for ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... was 39 points higher at 4,843 points, on volume of 4,377 contracts. In economics news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia publishes financial aggregates data for March. The Housing Industry Association new home sales report for March was also due ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... at 0.8 per cent in the March quarter, for an annual pace of 2.8 per cent. Underlying inflation, the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) preferred measure of inflation, removing volatile price movements, was 0.8 per cent in the quarter for an annual rate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... index contract was four points higher at 4,911 points. In economic news on Friday, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Glenn Stevens, delivers an address at the University of Southern Queensland and Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce and Industry ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... June share price index contract was 33 points higher at 4,947 points. In economics news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia is to release the minutes of its April 6 monetary policy meeting. Seven Network Ltd holds a shareholder meeting in Sydney ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics publishes housing finance data for February at 1130 AEST. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases credit and debit card data for February. The Senate Economics References Committee's inquiry into access ...

How high and how long

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... life by two opposing monetary prescriptions by two central banks - further interest rate hikes for the Reserve Bank of Australia and extended period of low interest rates for the US Federal Reserve. You might still be nursing a hangover from the long ...