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Bad news? Where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... three months went into deeper negative - minus two from minus one. Who cares? This will all be made right by optimism that the RBA's 75 bps rate cut would start flowing into the real economy anytime soon. And don't forget that China has also started ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... In economic news on Thursday, National Australia Bank's quarterly business survey for the June quarter will be released and RBA Head of Economic Research Department Alexandra Heath is speaking at the Australian Economic Forum. The price of gold in Sydney ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... Thursday, the National Australia Bank's quarterly business survey for June quarter is due out and Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Head of Economic Research Department Alexandra Heath is scheduled to take part in a panel discussion at the Australian Economic ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... June share price index futures contract was up one point at 4,065. In economic news on Thursday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deputy governor Philip Lowe is due to give a speech to The Economists' Bellwether Series 2012 (Australia) in Sydney. The ...

Two cuts and a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012

Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... sitting and waiting for everything to come to them. Fortunately for us Australians, we can all rejoice. The waiting for the RBA is over - it's decided to keep interest rates on hold at 3.5% because despite continued uncertainty abroad, "In Australia ...

IMF issues buy order

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... direction over the next three months, at least. No Virginia, it's not yesterday's decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to sit pat on interest rates because the bank believed its current policy setting "remained appropriate". Neither is it ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... Australia's official interest rate decision on Tuesday. "I think we're just having a pause for breath, particularly as it's an RBA rates decision day. The market is pretty much around where we thought it would around which is idling around the flatline." ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... share price index futures contract was down seven points at 4,013. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is set to release May's financial aggregates data. In equities news, Australian Mines, Australian Zircon NL, Blackham Resources ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... out sa is the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity Meanwhile, the Reserve Banks of Australia's (RBA) head of payments policy department, Tony Richards, to scheduled to address the Australian Banking and Finance Retail Financial ...