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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up nine points at 5,981. In local economic news on Tuesday, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is slated to deliver a speech at the Australian Financial Review Banking and Wealth ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... positive lead from Wall Street, where another batch of weak figures was offset by a pick-up in oil prices, an upbeat Federal Reserve economic report and hopes for lower rates for a little longer. Shanghai surged 2.71 per cent, or 110.66 points, to 4,194.82 ...

New Zealand dollar closes in on Aussie

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... iron ore price to $47 has hurt Australia. Downward pressure on the Australian dollar is expected to continue if the Reserve Bank cuts interest rates in its meeting today.

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... market is muddled by a slight bounce back in the bank, healthcare and diversified financial sectors a day after the Reserve Bank of Australia left its interest rate on hold. Those stocks were sold off "fairly savagely" following the central bank's decision ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... rose 2.8 per cent. In Europe stocks pushed higher, as chances of a quick US interest rate hike recede. Locally, the Reserve Bank will release financial aggregates for January on Friday. In company news Woolworths, Harvey Norman, Cabcharge and the owner ...

When Harry met Sally syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... Bank jumpstarted it all with its "surprise" decision to abandon its CHF1.20/euro peg. This was the same time as the Reserve Bank of India's surprise (because it was handed down 2 weeks before its scheduled meeting) rate cut announcement. Then it was ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
The share market continues to rise on anticipation of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank next week. A fall in the Australian dollar under 78 US cents was also good for companies with operations overseas, with the major banks and big resources companies ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 47 points at 5,553. In local economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia will its latest figures on outstanding loans for December. In equites news, Whitehaven Coal releases its half ...

Industry seizes China FTA opportunities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... bank to Australasia's first renminbi hub in Sydney, following its approval by the People's Bank of China and the Reserve Bank of Australia in Canberra yesterday. Westpac chief executive Gail Kelly said the hub would allow the renminbi to "move freely ...

PROFILE: Goldman Sachs Asset Management head of fixed income for Asia-Pacific Philip Moffitt

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... once a dairy farm, Moffitt completed his degree in economics and landed himself a job as a cadet economist at the Reserve Bank in 1986. The futures market had just been established, the superannuation industry was starting up and the Labor government ...