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Peak iron ore?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
Governor Philip Lowe's statement explaining the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy decision to keep interest rates unchanged at 1.5% at their 5 September Board meeting, revealed the Australian central bank's optimism over the international ...

Australian dollar poses problem for RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... report for August 2017. The overall tone of the report was bullish and one that's already painted by RBA governor Philip Lowe's statement after the bank's board meeting on 1 August (where it kept the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5%). But despite ...

Cheaper imports

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... showed inflation in Australia remained below the RBA's target in the June quarter - but the Australian bank governor Philip Lowe's address to the Anika Foundation luncheon in Sydney was held on the same day the inflation report provided clues as to the ...

Economics 101 is dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... tomorrow than today at best - dampening growth and putting greater downward pressure on prices. All up, RBA governor Philip Lowe is correct in saying that, "there is no longer an expectation of additional monetary easing in other major economies" but ...

Budget Eve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... for this land down under. When the RBA released its monetary policy decision last week - unchanged policy - governor Philip Lowe painted a pretty picture of the global and domestic economies. "There has been a broad-based pick-up in the global economy ...

RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... It'll be interesting to be a fly on the wall of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) boardroom today when Governor Philip Lowe and his team deliberate on what to do with the country's monetary policy settings. Financial markets expect the Australian ...

In search of that elusive Australian animal spirit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... hospitality, restaurant, fast food, retail and pharmacy workers threw another spanner in the works for RBA Governor Philip Lowe's positive outlook on wages the day before. One that's been almost instantaneously contradicted by the Australian Bureau of ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... imminent, but nor does it suggest that a further slowing is in prospect." Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe said this in his prepared remarks at the 'Australia-Canada Economic Leadership Forum' in Sydney on the 22nd of February 2017 ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity are due out. In Sydney, Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Philip Lowe gives a speech the Thomson Reuters' Australian Regulatory Summit. And in equities news, the owner of Radio ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... share price index futures contract was up three points at 5,623. Locally on Wednesday, Reserve Bank deputy governor Philip Lowe participates in a panel discussion at The Future of International Governance and the G20 conference, and the Westpac/Melbourne ...