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RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... It'll be interesting to be a fly on the wall of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) boardroom today when Governor Philip Lowe and his team deliberate on what to do with the country's monetary policy settings. Financial markets expect the Australian ...

In search of that elusive Australian animal spirit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... hospitality, restaurant, fast food, retail and pharmacy workers threw another spanner in the works for RBA Governor Philip Lowe's positive outlook on wages the day before. One that's been almost instantaneously contradicted by the Australian Bureau of ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... imminent, but nor does it suggest that a further slowing is in prospect." Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe said this in his prepared remarks at the 'Australia-Canada Economic Leadership Forum' in Sydney on the 22nd of February 2017 ...

CPI says RBA no go on Melbourne Cup Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... very well be but to use Janet Yellen's words, it depends on the incoming data. In his first speech as RBA governor, Philip Lowe nominated three factors - excess capacity, decline in commodity prices and feeling of reduced pricing power - behind the low ...

Senior staff changes at RBA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... chair of the payments system board. Commenting on Edey's retirement after almost 40 years of service, the Governor, Philip Lowe said, "Malcolm epitomises what it means to be a dedicated public servant." He has provided wise counsel to the Reserve Bank's ...

RBA appoints next governor

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
The RBA has appointed its next governor. Philip Lowe, who will take up his new role in September, has been deputy governor at the central bank since February 2012. He is also deputy chair of the RBA board and chair of the RBA's risk management committee. ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... low of US$0.6843 (20 January). Latest stats and survey releases underscore why, in the words of RBA deputy director Philip Lowe, "Most central banks would like lower currencies..." The latest US non-farm payrolls report showed employed increased by a ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity are due out. In Sydney, Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Philip Lowe gives a speech the Thomson Reuters' Australian Regulatory Summit. And in equities news, the owner of Radio ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... share price index futures contract was up three points at 5,623. Locally on Wednesday, Reserve Bank deputy governor Philip Lowe participates in a panel discussion at The Future of International Governance and the G20 conference, and the Westpac/Melbourne ...

ASIC and RBA issue property bubble warning

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... he is wary that many will struggle to repay loans when rates normalise. Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor, Philip Lowe, expressed similar concerns. "It is... unlikely to be in Australia's long-term interests to engineer a consumption boom by ...