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Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
The stars appear to be aligning for those calling on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to give official interest rates another chop when they meet to deliberate on monetary policy next week. Let's start with the minutes of the 4 September meeting. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... share price index futures contract was down two points at 4,396. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases its Financial Stability Review while RBA assistant governor, financial markets, Dr Guy Debelle is scheduled to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... was up nine points at 4,398. In economic news on Wednesday, Treasurer Wayne Swan, former Treasury secretary Ken Henry and RBA assistant governor Christopher Kent speak at a conference in Canberra. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic ...

Lookin' for trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012

Peak in investment spend to herald lower growth: Barclays economist

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... least 7% before it had any material impact on the housing market valuations. On the interest rate front, Davies expects the RBA to keep rates on hold at current levels when it meets early November, in the anticipation that the policy easing in China ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases August merchandise import figures, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor (Financial Markets) Guy Debelle is scheduled to speak at a FINSIA, CEDA and ICAA Luncheon, in Adelaide ...

Variant Perceptions' variant perception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... over-dependence on China. I'm running out of space to debunk these issues one at a time but it goes along the lines of what RBA Governor Glen Stevens said at his "The lucky Country" speech at The Anika Foundation last 24 July. You can read it again here ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... September share price index futures contract was down 26 points at 4,342. In economic news on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens is due to appear before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics. In equities ...

The rally that no one's enjoyed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... storm and it's only the hope, the prayer and the wish that the Fed and the ECB and the PBOC and the BOJ and the BOE and the RBA et. al. would hand us a big enough umbrella for protection. "I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky." - R. Kelly ...

Bad news sells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... consumer confidence number in one month - Europe sovereign debt crisis, China slowdown, the high Australian dollar, no more RBA rate cut, carbon tax and as you see in the ABC headline above - our athletes' failure to bring home more gold from London. ...