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China slowing to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... financial security. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) have also been working towards this goal by lifting short term interest rates - 7-day, 14-day and 28-day reverse repo rates lifted by 10 bps each last month -- and cracking down on shadow banking. ...

The CPI report that confirms all biases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) consumer price index's latest report confirms whatever bias you have on the outlook for interest rates - up, down or unchanged. Those expecting the Reserve Bank of Australia to raise interest rates in the foreseeable future ...

Millennials' financial heartache drives P2P lending

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... easy," RateSetter chief executive Daniel Foggo said. "They are starting their wealth accumulation at a time of low interest rates, economic volatility and very high property prices. They need to be smart with their money, and they know a low-interest ...

Labor renews calls for banking Royal Commission

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... their customers," one complaint read. "The banks are a joke with no service high account fees and far too high interest rates on all loan accounts," read another. Noting the avalanche of complaints, Senator Ketter said Labor will continue to fight for ...

Negative gearing exposing Australia's poor: KPMG

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
KPMG warns any increase in Australia's historically low interest rates would cause serious economic problems and affect households across the entire financial spectrum, from rich to poor. The industry consultant said one of its biggest concerns is that ...

The prescience of Super Mario

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... triggered speculations that the European Central Bank (ECB) would not only taper its QE programme soon but also lift interest rates by the first quarter of 2018. The problem with this is that stronger economic growth has so far not translated into higher ...

China's off to a good 2017 start

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... house price stats show that the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) efforts to slow property lending through higher interest rates and subsequent restrictions by local authorities - raising the down payment requirement, limiting property purchases, setting ...

Media Super launches $30m revolving fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... pa over six years," Russell said. He said he expects to earn a higher return on the R&D finance facility, with interest rates set at good margins above the bank bill rate. The fund is targeting companies with a turnover of less than $20 million per annum ...

Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... required a reduction in the target range for the federal funds rate." Yes, there's no stopping the Fed from cutting interest rates again or reinvesting again should the economy encounter "significant adverse shocks". Recent economic data and surveys ...

Plato fund oversubscription heralds income appetite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... addressing the issue, even though we saw government debt as being way too high, which would eventually result in lower interest rates. "Since then, interest has gradually built year-on-year. Fund flow keeps growing. And that's aided by the fact that ...