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Weak growth confirms RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... interest rates some more in the coming months. Offshore news overnight shows that the global growth slowdown is progressing. Eurozone real GDP fell by 0.2 per cent in the June quarter taking the annual growth rate down to 1.5 percent. Business investment ...

Three steadies and a cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... ECB's interest rate decision will not be as interesting as the comments that follow with regard to the Bank's outlook for Eurozone growth and inflation. Markets expect that while the ECB will continue to forecast weak growth, it will maintain its hawkish ...

A$ backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... median house prices rose to US$230,7000 in July from US$230,100 in June. However, it is not the same for Europe. In the Eurozone, the Ifo business confidence index fell to a three-year low of 94.8 in August from 97.5 the previous month. For the UK, the ...

Capex & Credit at the forefront

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 24 AUG 2008
... Although markets expect a slight improvement in these indicators, the broader trend remains one of weakness. Europe: Eurozone financial markets will find interest in the flash estimate of Eurozone inflation and the German Ifo index this week, particularly ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... to move official interest rates up or down since February 2007 because like its counterparts in the US, the UK and the Eurozone, it is caught between slowing growth and above-target inflation rate. The BoJ will also release its July monetary policy meeting ...

Nothing new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... 2007. Worse, continuing claims have risen to their highest level since November 2003. Growth has also weakened in the Eurozone. June quarter GDP in the Eurozone fell by 0.2 percent. This is the first quarterly decline since the inception of the monetary ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... rose on Thursday, brushing aside news of shrinking European economic growth and disappointing US inflation data. The eurozone economy contracted in the second quarter for the first time since its formation, with German gross domestic product (GDP) falling ...

Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... by the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE), European financial markets will be focused mainly on Eurozone GDP growth and inflation figures. While in the UK, attention will be on the BoE's inflation report for the June quarter. Preliminary ...

Central Banks hold fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... percent repo rate. At a press conference following the decision, ECB President Trichet noted the slowing growth in the Eurozone and noted that the second and third quarters of this year will be 'particularly weak.' He added that the ECB currently have ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... Europe's main stock markets closed mixed on Thursday, with attention focused on interest rate decisions in Britain and the eurozone, highlighting the dual threats of inflation and recession. Both central banks kept rates on hold. The FTSE 100 index shed ...