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While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... entire Eurozone pays...and then the whole of Europe...and then us all. But this has not deterred the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) one single bit. It did it again -- raised interest rates that is. The official cash rate now stands at 4.0 per cent after ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... share market was flat at noon, drifting marginally lower from the monrning as traders awaited the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision on whether to raise the official cash rate. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 0.1 points lower ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... March share price index contract was 24 points higher at 4,714. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will announce its interest rate decision at 1430 AEDT. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) retail trade for January ...

Data data everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... quarter real GDP will show growth of 0.9 per cent. But before this, the market would be busy placing their bets on tomorrow's RBA meeting. What's it gonna be? A 25-basis point increase in the cash rate, or no change? The odds are about even - 48 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... March share price index contract was 11 points higher at 4,573. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases financial aggregates data for January. The Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) plans to conduct a tender ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... the March share price index contract was two points lower at 4,699. In economic news on Tuesday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deputy governor Ric Battellino addresses The Sydney Institute. The Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) conducts ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... Annual Report. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry releases its small business survey for December quarter. The RBA releases minutes of its February 2 board meeting. RBA assistant governor of financial markets Guy Debelle addresses a Women ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... and one rapidly moving back to full employment." For 4Cast economist Michael Turner. "The question will be just how long the RBA can ignore the incredible strength in the Aussie labour market with wage pressures mounting through resource and construction ...

Public policy to reshape investment risk: PIMCO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... curtailed investor confidence in the system. El-Erian, who is visiting Australia to participate in the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Symposium, said this new risk factor means investors should be wary of passive fixed income portfolios as sovereign ...

Miranda Kerr and the market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... heard about David Kiely, Macquarie Bank's private client adviser, by now, you also don't know that the against all odds, the RBA did 'not' raise interest rates in February. Given Wall Street and European market's performance overnight, you too would ...