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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... share price index contract was 17 points lower at 4,421 points. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) holds its monthly board meeting to consider, inter alia, its stance on official interest rates. The bank is scheduled to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... prices and fears of spreading contagion from debt-ridden Europe. In economics news on Tuesday, The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) publishes the minutes of its May 4 monetary policy meeting. Treasury Secretary Ken Henry delivers the Australian Business ...

Do nothing budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... this year to 2.5 per cent in the next two fiscal years. This is good news for interest rates. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) may not have to tighten monetary by as much as previously expected. Now who said that this is not a political budget? Not ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... market closed down as uncertainty about the proposed mining tax continued to worry investors. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) also raised the cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.5 per cent, which was widely tipped by economists. At the close, the benchmark ...

Too much ado about Greece

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... and... Smokin'! What worries me more is the 25 per cent increase in tobacco tax by Krudd and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) poised to pull the interest rate trigger again next week. Oh well... at least there's the promise of a tax cut for us slaves ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... per cent in the March quarter, for an annual pace of 2.8 per cent. Underlying inflation, the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) preferred measure of inflation, removing volatile price movements, was 0.8 per cent in the quarter for an annual rate of 3.05 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the consumer price index for the March quarter. Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor Guy Debelle is scheduled to deliver a speech at a Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia breakfast ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... the Australian Bureau of Statistics publishes housing finance data for February at 1130 AEST. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases credit and debit card data for February. The Senate Economics References Committee's inquiry into access to finance ...

Enviable problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... like it did before the GFC hit, or bosses could pay higher wages to retain staff and attract additional employees. Or the RBA could raise interest rates some more to slow the rate of growth in the domestic economy to create some slack - less than full ...

PIS to step up competition in cash savings

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... provide clients with a more competitive deal than what they're getting. For example, some banks have delayed passing on the RBA interest rate hikes immediately onto the interest rates of their term deposit products. These lower returns translate to money ...