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Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will meet again tomorrow to deliberate on domestic monetary policy settings. Financial markets expect the RBA not to immediately follow-up last month's 25-basis point rate hike, which took the official cash rate to ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
... from heightened levels. Inflation fears kept investors on tenterhooks over the past fortnight amid concern that monetary policy responses (higher interest rates) from the major world central banks - the Fed in particular - would slow the global economy ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2006
... US, interest rate watchers will welcome the implications of weak economic reports released overnight on future monetary policy decisions by the data-dependent Fed. US durable good orders fell by 4.8 per cent in April, much lower than market expectations ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
... disposable income. There are no major data releases this week but financial markets will be looking for hints on monetary policy direction from speeches by US Fed officials including its Chairman, Ben Bernanke. In Australia, RBA Deputy Governor Glenn ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
... releases. There is no one else to blame for this increased volatility but the Fed which explicitly stated that further monetary policy decisions is dependent on incoming data flows. Speaking of incoming data, US leading indicators fell by 0.1 per cent ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2006
... week's trading activity after the US Federal Reserve, as expected, announced another 25 basis point tightening in monetary policy, taking the federal funds rate target to 5 per cent. Investors' concerns were not eased by the Fed's accompanying statement ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
Financial markets await tonight's unveiling of the country's federal budget and tomorrow night's monetary policy deliberation by the US Federal Reserve. Australian Federal Treasurer Peter Costello will announce his 11th Budget tonight in Canberra where ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2006
... Australia able to more fully justify this week's interest rate hike when it releases its quarterly statement on monetary policy and the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases March trade and building approvals data. On the equities front Telecom NZ ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) finally put to rest market speculation over monetary policy by raising the official cash rate by 25 basis points to a five year high of 5.75 per cent. The RBA last lifted interest rates in March 2005. Market expectations ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2006
While Australia anxiously awaits the RBA's decision on monetary policy, strong US economic reports released overnight kept alive expectations that the US Federal Reserve will continue to raise interest rates. Coming on top of the weekend's strong 4.8 ...