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Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... official retail sales figures for May, and a speech by Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens, Mr Lucas said. The RBA on Tuesday kept the cash rate on hold for another month at 2.75 per cent. "It will be interesting to see what he (Stevens) ...

Is that a fiscal stimulus I smell?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... over our big and closest brother are still there. Aussie equities rallied because, according to the financial presses, "the RBA has kept the door open for further interest rate cuts" despite leaving the cash rate unchanged at 2.75%. Baaaazzzz! Wrong! ...

The others

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
It's RBA meeting day and the overwhelming consensus is for the Australian central bank to do nothing. Seems like pretty good odds to me. No doubt the Board would be talkin' bout talks of Fed tapering and yes, the talked about again China slowing as ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... share price index futures contract was down seven points at 4762. In economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is due to release its index of commodity prices for June and the Australian Industry Group its performance of manufacturing ...

Will Australia escape an EM bond crisis?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... remains overvalued. "Currency weakness will not lead to a turnaround in inflation. So low-level inflation should still give the RBA scope to cut rates," he said. "Now that may lead to a weaker Aussie down the line, but as far as Australian bonds are ...

Aust shares weaken ahead of RBA minutes

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Australian shares are weaker as traders nervously await the Reserve Bank's June board meeting minutes, with the big banks and miners suffering losses. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said investors were regarding a July rate cut as a less likely prospect. ...

The sky is falling downunder

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... 2.7%) next year while at the same time warning of a 20% probability of a recession. There's former Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Bernie Fraser warning that the "good times have passed" for the Australian economy and "it is going to become ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... steady as she goes," Mr Smith said. "In any good circumstance we would probably be down 10 points anyway just waiting." The RBA cash rate sits at 2.75 per cent. Gains from mining-related companies were offset by weakness in the financial sector. Materials ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... steady as she goes," Mr Smith said. "In any good circumstance we would probably be down 10 points anyway just waiting." The RBA cash rate sits at 2.75 per cent. Gains from mining-related companies were offset by weakness in the financial sector. Materials ...

RBA decisions decisions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... continue to ride the taper on, taper off seesaw. But we already know the drill... Not as easy for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) though. It's in the midst of deliberations on the appropriate monetary policy setting for this country ruled by Gillard ...