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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... Institute release their Survey of Consumer Sentiment for June. In Brisbane, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), Glenn Stevens, addresses an Economic Society of Australia luncheon. There is no significant equities news scheduled on Wednesday. ...

The seventh day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... 22,000 over the month. But the Australian stock market ended higher yesterday. Why? Because there's good news in the bad - the RBA would no longer be in a hurry to raise interest rates. Don't know about you, but wouldn't you rather have a job and pay ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... per cent, steady from April. "While this is not a great signal for the economy, it does provide further evidence that the RBA will not need to raise rates quite as aggressively as expected," Mr Saffer said. The major banks were higher at 1210 AEST. Commonwealth ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011
... of research, Geoff Saffer, said the local market fell after bouncing higher on Tuesday, when the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) delivered less hawkish comments on the economy and left the overnight cash rate unchanged at 4.75 per cent. "We've seen the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... unemployment and solid income growth," he said. Investors would examine closely the statement from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board following its monthly meeting on Tuesday. "There will be particular focus on the governor's statement and indications ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... all pairs to the other commodity currencies. "The Australian dollar is not part of the party because the data suggests the RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) is going to be less inclined to raise interest rates this year." Ms Lien said the release of GDP ...

GDP down no reason to frown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... the December quarter - for a year-on-year growth rate of 1.8 per cent. But what's this? Financial markets still expect an RBA rate hike sometime along the way to end-2011. Oh ya! This is because the expected March quarter economic contraction was well ...

Nobody wins against the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... 22,100 drop in April employment, where 49,100 jobs vanished? Not a nice sight, isn't it? Even more ugly was the sight of the RBA - in its May Board meeting minutes - telling us, Australians all, that "higher interest rates were likely to be required ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... traded between 105.46 US cents and 105.95 US cents, according to Iress data. The minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) May 3 board meeting, released on Tuesday, showed the bank believes the current mildly restrictive stance on monetary policy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... share price index futures contract was 16 points lower at 4,653. In economics news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) issues the minutes of its monetary policy meeting on May 3, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) issues figures ...