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Plusses and minuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... the grant for those buying existing homes also appear to have revived interest in property. The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) hand was also in this as it slashed interest rates from 7.25 per cent in September to 4.25 per cent at the end of 2008. ...

Damned if you do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... while watching your family starve to death. Speaking of bank accounts, Westpac, ANZ, NAB and CBA's decision to pass on the RBA's 100 basis point interest rate cut to mortgage holders is welcome news. Most of the savings that would be derived by homebuyers ...

Bigger fish to fry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... conscious would have also helped bring the general level of prices lower. Bigger fish to fry. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets next week for its first monetary policy meeting of 2009. Chances are whatever today's ABS numbers look like, it will ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... read this piece, Mr. Rudd is readying yet another stimulus targeting small Australian businesses. As you read this piece, the RBA's past interest rate cuts are working their way into the system. As you read this piece monetary and fiscal authorities ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... noon, with the big miners weighing on the local bourse. The focus this afternoon will be on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), which is expected to cut interest rates again. At 1217 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 101.6 points, or 2.76 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... Share Price Index futures contract was down 170 points at 3,511. In economic news, the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets with a decision on interest rates due at 1430 AEDT. The RBA is expected to again cut the official rate, this time ...

Don't worry, be happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
'Be careful what you wish for.' If there is only one thing Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens will be remembered by, it could be his rational warning to Australians. In a speech before a function sponsored by the Committee for Economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... Australian Office of Financial Management announces the results of a Treasury bond tender. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), deputy governor, economics, Malcolm Edey addresses the Australia and Japan Economic Outlook conference in Sydney, and in Melbourne ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange was down 46 points at 3,650. In news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases minutes of its November 4 board meeting. The Australian Office of Financial Management announces details of Treasury ...

Perpetual mortgage funds reopen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... funds, which tend to outperform cash alternatives in falling interest rate environments. The recent sharp reductions in the RBA Cash Rate and falling term deposit rates make high grade mortgage funds very attractive," he said. "The funds are invested ...