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60 Minutes deception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... raise interest rates in 15 minutes if we have to. So, there really is no problem with raising rates, tightening monetary policy, slowing the economy, reducing inflation, at the appropriate time. Now, that time is not now. SP: You have what degree of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... points higher at 4,708. In economics news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its board meeting on monetary policy. All 15 economists surveyed by AAP have forecast the central bank to leave the overnight cash rate at 4.75 per cent. The Australian ...

Winter wonderland

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... their cold -- with intermittent fighting - war. Chinese authorities confirmed that they would switch to a prudent monetary policy from a moderately loose stance - higher interest rates? -to control liquidity and rein in inflation. But...they're not withdrawing ...

ECB to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... am convinced that eventually, despite continued protestations by the ECB, it will have to do a Fed and expand monetary policy - the alternative is to break the Eurozone apart and send its member country their separate ways. European pride dictates that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... 4,723 points. In economics news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its November 2 monetary policy meeting. The Melbourne Institute releases its Wages Report for the three months to November, and the Australian Chamber of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... points higher at 4,832 points. In economics news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases a statement on monetary policy, and the Australian Office of Financial Management conducts a tender of $700 million of October 2014 bonds. Australian Industry ...

The Cup, the RBA and the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... Australia. The RBA will announce its decision at 1430 hours. I would bet that betting on the RBA's decision on monetary policy underwent more if not as much analysis as which horse to back on Cup Day. That may be. But the repercussions on the domestic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... The Australian share market was higher at noon, as the market digested the minutes of the latest Reserve Bank monetary policy meeting, released late on Tuesday morning. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 18 points, or 0.39 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... points. In economics news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) publishes the minutes of its October 5 monetary policy meeting. In equities news, ANZ Banking Group Ltd chief executive Mike Smith addresses a Trans-Tasman Business Circle luncheon ...

Cheap talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... talk and yielded... nothing. There were fingers pointed everywhere. China's yuan is undervalued, America's loose monetary policy, Japan's unilateral currency intervention, Brazil and South Korea's measures to prevent appreciation of their respective ...