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One down, more to follow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) delivered on market expectations and cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 7.0 percent. The ink on the RBA's decision has barely dried but markets were at it again, expecting another quarter of a percent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... buoyed by financial stocks in the lead-up to a widely expected cut in official interest rates by the Reserve Bank of Australia this afternoon. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 36.8 points, or 0.71 per cent to 5155.1, while the broader All ...

Today's the day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will convene its monthly Board meeting at 9:30 AM today. By 2:30 PM, financial markets will either get confirmation or disappointment on several weeks of speculation that the RBA will lower the official cash rate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
... futures contract was down five points at 5,135, which still is higher than yesterday's close. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its monthly board meeting and is scheduled to announce its decision on the benchmark interest rate at 1430 AEST. ...

Three steadies and a cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... Sep 2008) Four of the world's major central banks will hold monetary policy meetings this week. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), The Bank of Canada (BoC), the Bank of England (BoE) and the European Central Bank (ECB) will each decide their respective ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... data on the balance of payments, foreign investment and business indicators for the June quarter. The Reserve Bank of Australia releases its commodity price index for August. TD Securities and the Melbourne Institute release their inflation gauge, and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... Futures Exchange, the September share price index futures contract was up 83 points at 5,144. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) financial aggregates data for July and the Housing Industry Association of Australia new home sales data for July ...

A$ backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... typically considered as the rate that marks a global recession. Mounting market conviction that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is poised to lower interest rates in a week's time, combined with the US Federal Reserve's steady to tightening bias ...

Dovish RBA minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
As expected, the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's monetary policy meeting held on 5 August reiterated earlier RBA comments suggesting that there is scope to lower interest rates given the slowdown in demand in the Australian economy. As with ...

Lower, higher, steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... Institute leading index points to a slowdown in the Australian economy in the coming months, confirming the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) comments in the minutes of its 5 August Board meeting. The annual rate of growth in the leading index has decelerated ...