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Perfect storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... to have only recently woken up to the idea that countries that peg their currency to the USD end up tying their monetary policy to the US economy regardless of how much - or how little - actual trade and other interaction they may have with the US. "US ...

Interest rates not the only monetary policy lever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
... like Singapore's every day, maybe it's time we also followed their lead in using contribution rates as a de facto monetary policy tool. The Singapore Central Provident Fund (CFP) is their A$100 billion national provident fund that helps Singaporeans ...

Killer inflation - three fatalities

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... stampeding shoppers behind them. Leaving the door open for more interest rate rises, in this morning's Statement on Monetary Policy the Reserve Bank of Australia raised its inflation forecasts for 2007/08, with core inflation set to remain above or near ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... December share price index was down 78 points to 6504. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its statement on monetary policy and the Australian Bureau of Statistics lending finance data for September is due out. In equities, Orica Ltd full year ...

Sub-prime's house of cards

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... In his statement on the US monetary outlook, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered few clues to future monetary policy, only acknowledging that sub-prime woes could get worse and that US$150 billion total write-downs could be a 'ballpark' figure. ...

Pass the paracetamol

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... measures of inflation are likely to be above 3 per cent." The RBA board have been very cautious in their approach to monetary policy over the past few years, mindful of not inhibiting growth, provided their inflation target of 2-3 per cent was secure. ...

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 ...