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Fed does an RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... index has been below the 50 mark which delineates expansion and contraction in the non-manufacturing sector. In Europe, Eurozone retail sales fell by 3.1 percent in the year to June, larger than expectations for a 1.3 percent drop and follow a 0.1 percent ...

Central bank watch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... - 1 Aug 2008) Monetary policy comes to the fore this week with the central banks of Australia, the United States, the Eurozone and the UK all meeting to deliberate on appropriate interest rate settings given the growth-inflation balance in their respective ...

US growth disappoints

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... largest monthly decline in 20 years. Also, UK consumer confidence fell to -39 in July - the lowest on record. Meanwhile, Eurozone headline CPI increased to 4.1 percent in the year to July to its highest level since April 1992 from 4.0 percent in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... 30-year bond dropped to 4.603 per cent from 4.638 per cent. LONDON -European stocks closed generally weaker on US and eurozone data that dented market sentiment and in response to mixed corporate results. In London the FTSE 100 index shed 8.80 points ...

More Fed pump-priming

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... Administration's weekly inventory data showing an unexpected fall in petrol supplies. In Europe, sentiment continues to wither. Eurozone economic confidence declined to 89.5 in July from 94.8 in the previous month. This is the largest decline in seven ...

Some Needed Good News

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... Germany, annual CPI inflation rose to a 12-year high of 3.4 percent in July. With Germany being the biggest economy in the Eurozone, it is more than likely that this elevated inflation reading will be translated into the euro area as a whole, and will ...

This Week's Market Movers (28 Jul - 1 Aug 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... output. Europe: After a week full of downside surprises in several business confidence indicators and in a number of Eurozone economic indicators, the focus of the upcoming week will be the euro zone 'flash' inflation estimate, consumer confidence indicators ...

Inflation Report: Japan's Turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... the broad-based conclusion that could be derived after the recent updates on consumer price growth in the US and the Eurozone last week and yesterday's CPI report for Australia. Today it is Japan's turn, although the BoJ is one of the world's central ...

This Week's Market Movers (21-25 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... with the release of Germany's Ifo business climate indicator, purchasing managers indexes for France, Germany, and the Eurozone, Italian and French business confidence indicators, and Eurozone money supply. Purchasing Managers Indexes (PMI) for the Eurozone ...

Inflation outlook dim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... falling since August 2006 when it peaked at 82.4 percent. Inflation data out of Europe overnight was also disappointing. Eurozone CPI rose to 3.96 percent in May - the highest level since May 1992 - from 3.67 percent in the previous month. Expect more ...