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Economic round-up: The great interest rate debate

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... constraint to changing interest rates." Dr Oliver said. The governor emphasised that the RBA has not been considering monetary policy's impact on election timing, and claimed the RBA would take whatever monetary policy action was necessary regardless. ...

Economic round-up: Kiwis at war with inflation

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
... and it had nothing to do with offering a rate premium to try and sell more Kiwi bonds. "As stated in our June Monetary Policy Statement, we regard current levels of the exchange rate as exceptional and unjustified in terms of the economic fundamentals." ...

Economic round-up: Chinese whispers and inflation rumbles

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
... reduce inflation risks from growing demand and a tight labour market. "The upturn of non-farm output means that monetary policy may have to be tightened again to ward off inflationary pressures. Maintaining a prudent fiscal stance would avoid fuelling ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... 0.4 per cent at 6284. In economic news, the Reserve Bank of Australia will release its quarterly statement on monetary policy, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics will do the same with its March data on international trade in goods and services. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
... releases highly anticipated Consumer Price Index data, which the market will look to for an indication of future monetary policy and a direction on official interest rates. In company news, Caltex today hosts it annual general meeting, as does Lihir ...

Crystal ball gets cloudy in wait for CPI figures

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... election approaching, the RBA may find that a rate hike at this time is likely to throw a spanner in the works of monetary policy, something the central bank's officials will be loath to do. The Australian share market continues to challenge its own ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
... US stocks increased on the back of more takeover activity in the technology sector, which offset nerves over a monetary policy meeting beginning at the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 61.93 points to 12,288.10 and the Standard ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
... companies increased on the back of more takeover activity in the technology sector, which offset nerves over a monetary policy meeting beginning at the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones industrial average ended up 61.93 points to 12,288.10. The Standard ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
... economic news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia governor, Glen Stevens, delivers his half-yearly testimony on monetary policy to the House of Representatives economic committee, in Perth. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute economic activity indices for ...

New deputy governor for RBA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
... from 1994 until 2001. "I am confident that the new appointees will contribute to the ongoing sound conduct of monetary policy, which has helped to deliver an unprecedented period of economic growth, coupled with low inflation and falling unemployment," ...