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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... from wholesalers fell 1.9 per cent in January, the biggest drop in four years. In local economic news on Wednesday, Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Philip Lowe is slated to give a speech at a Sydney Institute function. The Westpac/Melbourne ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... 113,000 in January. The unemployment rate is expected to hold steady at 6.6 per cent. In local economic news on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is scheduled to appear before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on ...

Chinese currency reforms to transform bond benchmarks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... renminbi settlement services to the Australian and Chinese financial markets was an important step in this regard. The Reserve Bank of Australia has already entered into a bilateral currency swap arrangement with the People's Bank of China, and that ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up 21 points at 5,417. In local economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the index of commodity prices for February and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases ...

market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... Monday, the March share price index futures contract was up 21 points at 5,417. In local economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the index of commodity prices for February and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... the slowdown proves to be a temporary blip caused by severe winter weather. In local economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia is due to release financial aggregates data for January. In equities news, Virgin Australia, Woolworths, Harvey ...

A-dollar zero point six six

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... Australian Financial Review printed that, "... Boyton, said a plunge to the mid-US60Ac range would happen if the Reserve Bank holds interest rates until 2016, if the US lifts its rates by mid-2015 and if the US dollar continues to strengthen". If you ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 28 points at 5,373. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its February board meeting and the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases January's ...

FEATURE: The cost of cash

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... hangover from the wildest commodity-fuelled party in Australia's history had to catch up eventually. Since then, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has been forced to follow the example of the rest of the developed world, slashing interest rates to ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... estimates. In local economic news on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases December lending finance data. Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor (Economic) Christopher Kent is slated to speak to the Committee for Economic Development ...