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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
... share price index contract was down 27 points at 5881. In economic news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia's monetary policy statement is due and the AOFM bond tender announcement is due at midday. On the equities front, Fairfax Media, United Group ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... time before Wednesday, when the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates and its post-meeting guidance on monetary policy will be released. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 25.80 points, or 0.21 per cent, at 12,516.58, and the Standard & Poor's ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
... index contract was down 13 at 5,419. Today the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases its quarterly statement on monetary policy as it explains the reasons behind last week's interest rate rise. Elsewhere, Lion Nathan and Orica release annual results ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2006
... 5,043. Today, Glenn Stevens takes over as Reserve Bank of Australia governor commences and he will be speaking on monetary policy in Singapore today. Australian news due this week includes Coles Myer's annual results due Thursday and James Hardie's annual ...

Daily economic update

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
In its quarterly monetary policy statement last Friday the RBA hinted that further rate increases in the near term were still a possibility because of the buoyancy of the housing market, where it said that conditions had picked up in the first six months ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
... was down 11 points points at 4,972. Today the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases quarterly statement on monetary policy. Elsewhere, Telecom New Zealand has released its annual results. Yesterday, Australian shares closed higher, as investors latched ...

Emerging markets enter hibernation

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
... the average returns for Japanese equity funds for the week slumping to -6.4 per cent on the back of tightening monetary policy. European equity funds also saw net inflows on the back of strong economic growth and the euro gaining against the US dollar. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2006
... points to 5120 at 0802 AEST. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will hold a board meeting ahead of its monetary policy announcement tomorrow. Yesterday, the Australian stock market closed higher as gains in precious metals and oil got the better ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2006
... monitoring the three- and six-month trends in the core CPI as one of the major determinants for its decision on monetary policy. The uncertainty over the outlook for US interest rates underscores the prevailing market apprehension over what appears to ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2006
... monitoring the three- and six-month trends in the core CPI as one of the major determinants for its decision on monetary policy. Speculation that the Fed will raise interest rates at its June meeting heightened despite the headline CPI measure's slowing ...