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Under-building down under

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
... growth at just 1.9 per cent. The US housing market is now correcting from a period of over building, tightening monetary policy and a consequential doubling of foreclosures figures that has left an oversupply of stock. A report released today by nabCapital ...

Hello kitty

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2007
... markets in the coming year. The DII news adds to our confidence." According to Fairfax reports, former member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People's Bank of China, Yu Yongding has cautioned Chinese officials against opening outward investment ...

Credit crunch shows banks still lead the system

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
... horizon." But despite the much more powerful role that institutional investors now have in credit markets and how monetary policy by central banks now has to work in concert with them, central banks are remain the fall-back core of the system, he said. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... Index was down nine points to 6290. In economic news, the Reserve Bank of Australia board meets today to discuss monetary policy and the the Australian Bureau of Statistics national accounts data for the June quarter is due. On the corporate front, Healthzone ...

Battling the bears

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
... Reserve topped up US$2billion ($2.37billion) into the banking system. The Reserve Bank's Quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy, out yesterday, showed little sign of being phased by the sub-prime contagion. Focussing on the strength in the domestic and ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... on a volume of 4,753 contracts. In economic news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its Statement on Monetary Policy. On the corporate front, United Group Ltd and Crane Group Ltd release their full year results. On Friday, the Australian stock ...

Rate hike to launch dollar?

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... from the higher exchange rate." "Based on these considerations, the Board judged that a somewhat more restrictive monetary policy setting was required in order to keep inflation consistent with the target in the medium term," he said. Overnight the US ...

IMF blames the world

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
... the April 2007 World Economic Outlook, increasing the likelihood that central banks will need to further tighten monetary policy. The risk of an oil price spike remains a concern." While financial markets have upped the odds, to 83 per cent, of an August ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2007
... happening in the US," he said. US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke will deliver the central bank's mid-year monetary policy report on Wednesday. "Depending on what he says and how that impacts the US dollar, that could also have some bearing too," ...

Economic round-up: Market shivers

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
... are also expecting a dip on the back of rumours that the Chinese government will effect further tightening of monetary policy, which already triggerd falls on the Shanghai exchange. However the many pundits remain optimistic on the overal outlook in ...