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It's raining, it's pouring good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... depreciation which should increase their exports) too. These could only mean better news for this land girth by sea where the RBA's recent interest rate reductions could already be making their way into the real economy as we speak.

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
So what did you think? Was it good or bad? Good enough to keep the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) finger off the trigger for another month or something ominous that it would have no option but the fire? Was the "6202.0 - Labour Force, Australia ...

Woe R'Us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... rise to high renown and shine Like our glorious southern star; We've risen to "high renown and shine" that, according to the RBA, 15 of the world's central banks have included/increased the Australian dollar in their reserves of foreign exchange reserves ...

Time to buy the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... didn't do that. The most well-known of course is the Fed's QE3 and Super Mario's OMTs, but China, Japan, the UK, Brazil and the RBA, among others, have implemented their own counter measures. The IMF's official global growth downgrade signals that it's ...

Data deluge delivers no clearer visibility

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... prizes for guessing but could this be due to slowing export markets, a dear A$ and lower commodity prices? Fortunately, the RBA's on the job... but it might have to more hard yakka. Here comes the sun. Ahh, but it's not all bad out there. There are some ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... Australian stocks have opened firmer, extending gains from the previous day in response to the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) interest rate cut. At 1029 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 19.4 points, or 0.44 per cent, at 4,452.4 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
Australian shares opened higher after strong overseas leads and hopes that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will deliver an interest rate cut. At 1019 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16.8 points, or 0.38 per cent, at 4,405.4 ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... accident they're coming all at once, but they are". Well find out later today if Prof Garnaut's warning is enough to scare the RBA into chopping official interest rates. So what the heck are equity markets thinking? Why go up when they should be sliding? ...

Market wrap - AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its October board meeting and interest rate decision. The RBA will also release its index of commodity prices for September. The RP Data Rismark September Home Value Index is also scheduled ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... share price index futures contract was down 35 points at 4,350. In economic news on Wednesday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) head of payments policy department Tony Richards is scheduled to deliver speech to Mobile and Contactless Payments Australia ...