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Weight in gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... deal with, they have to take on the entire G-20 Treasurers and Central Banks - except perhaps for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). Have no fear, the G-20 is here! Wall Street rallied last night following assurances from the G-20 that they will keep ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... news on Tuesday, the National Australia Bank publishes its monthly business survey for October. The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) head of domestic markets, John Broadbent, speaks to the Corporate Finance World 2009 conference on "Reconnecting Corporate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... contract was four points higher at 4,605, on a volume of 3,001 contracts. In economic news on Monday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor of economics Philip Lowe takes part in a panel discussion at the University Of Western Australia's ...

December 25bps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... one. With only a fortnight and a week to go, speculation have been ebbing and flowing as to whether the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will or will not hand Australians another 25 basis point increase in the official cash rate before Christmas. The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... per cent by noon on Friday after better than expected jobs and productivity data in the US and as the Reserve Bank of Australia raised its forecast for economic growth. All sectors of the market gained, despite falls in metals and oil prices overnight. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... the December share price index contract was 59 points higher at 4,571. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its quarterly statement on Monetary Policy. The Australian Office of Financial Management conducts a tender for ...

Stuck at zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... financial institutions? It might also want to pick up UK Inc for trimmings. It is just as well that the Reserve Bank of Australia is re-loading its ammunition. What happened to bull old me? I am getting scared.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... December share price index contract was 23 points higher at 4,544. In economic news on Thursday, The Reserve bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens addresses the Melbourne Institute 2009 Economic & Social Outlook Conference dinner on "The Road ...

Boiling frog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
Slow cooked. Is the Reserve Bank of Australia slowly boiling the Australian economy alive? I refer, of course, to the story of the 'boiling frog' - often used as an anecdote to describe the financial markets' failure to respond to significant modifications ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... slightly lower amid subdued trading volumes because of the Melbourne Cup, and as the market awaited the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision on interest rates. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down 8.9 points, or 0.2 per cent at 4531.5, while ...