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ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... interest into the gaze of investors. But they will still be reluctant to embrace India after the new chief of the central bank accidentally signalled recently a weakening resolve to control inflation. US Treasuries may not be overly attractive in this ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... stock markets fell as investors digested more US Federal Reserve monetary easing and an EU deal to give the European Central Bank (ECB) supervisory powers over the banking sector. Sentiment was soothed somewhat as the European Union also cleared long-delayed ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... ($A42.95 billion) on long-term Treasury purchases to replace a previous bond-buying program of an equal size. The central bank also said it would keep its key short-term interest rate near zero at least until the unemployment rate drops below 6.5 per ...

China primed for encouraging rebound: HSBC

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... potential growth rate, with inflation staying in check. Based on a benign inflation outlook, HSBC now expects the (China) central bank to keep interest rates unchanged in 2013. While the inflation target is likely to remain 4%, the same as in 2012, Qu ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... investors in a world where zero interest rates is the norm rather than the exception," Mr Bishop said. Despite the central bank's cut to the cash rate on Tuesday, Australia interest rates were still high compared with other major economies such as the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... higher after gains on markets in Europe and the United States. Stocks in France and Germany rose after the European Central Bank (ECB) said a decision to leave its key rate unchanged was not unanimous. Wall Street was marginally higher as investors remained ...

It's just plain dumb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... deal. "Twas another good day in Europe - the Stoxx 600 closed 0.7% higher to an 18-month high -- despite the European Central Bank (ECB) cutting its 2012 growth forecast to minus 0.5% from minus 0.4% (predicted in September) and 2013 to plus 0.3% from ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... retail banks were in positive territory at the start of trade, as market players waited for their response to the central bank's 25 basis point cut to the cash rate on Tuesday. ANZ was up 10 cents at $24.69, CBA had risen 12 cents to $60.62, NAB was ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
Australian stocks have opened flat, as local market players await a likely interest rate cut from the central bank. At 1035 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 0.8 points, or 0.02 per cent, at 4,532.3 points, while the broad-market All ...

Uncertainly certain RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... Australian Financial Review, "The Australian National University's so-called "shadow" Reserve Bank board urged the central bank to keep rates unchanged today. The group includes two former board members, Warwick McKibbin and Bob Gregory." I must admit ...