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Local bonds better than the US: PIMCO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... and the Reserve Bank of Australia should be commended for not following US monetary policy. "The Australian government and RBA has gone their own way in terms for trying to adhere to inflation targets and interest rates of less than seven per cent plus," ...

Wage costs jump 4.3 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... almost 44 per cent of people believe they are unlikely to ever own their own home or have given up on the idea. Meanwhile, RBA board meeting minutes released this week show that a major concern is rising consumer spending, explaining why the RBA said ...

Hard landing if we don't heed RBA warnings

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
The Reserve Bank's (RBA) increasingly hawkish attitude to smashing inflation presents risks of a hard landing in 2009 if consumers don't quickly moderate their spending. "With interest rates going higher and higher the risk that they go too high - if ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... News and Media Ltd and Oil Search Ltd announce their full year results. In economics news, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor, economics, Malcolm Edey will speak at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia. The RBA also ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... at 1200 AEDT. The banks led a sharp sell off on the Australian share market yesterday after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) warned that more interest rate rises were inevitable. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 120.4 points, or 2.13 per cent, lower at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market was two per cent weaker after noon as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raised its inflation forecasts and warned of more interest rate rises. The local market had already gotten off to a bad start after US markets sank ...

Market plunge drives record margin calls

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... small". Lewis said, "Most of our clients have been able to look after themselves. A very small number are selling stock." The RBA will publish industry data on margin lending for the December 2007 quarter later next month.

Too little too late

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... - 18 - listed in the survey's top 50 most unaffordable housing markets. Underlying sentiment within a speech delivered by RBA's governor Glenn Stevens in London last Friday suggests the bias remains on interest rates going up. Steven's decision will ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was up 33 points to 6685. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens addresses the Sydney Institute (1800 AEDT) and the results of the Australian Office of Financial Management ...

Investors want to unpack asset-backed transactions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... of transparency in its investor reporting to overcome scepticism about securitised products, the Reserve Bank has warned. RBA assistant governor Guy Debelle told the annual conference of the Australian Securitisation Forum, held in Sydney last week ...