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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... accommodative over the coming year than had been anticipated earlier."...and concerns, "Members noted that an appreciating exchange rate could complicate progress in activity rebalancing towards the non-mining sectors of the economy." Expectations that ...

Largest five banks all Asian

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... Market Intelligence ranks the largest banks in the world by converting their total assets into US dollars using the exchange rate as of the end of the period measured. Most banks were ranked by total assets as of December 31, 2015. The previous ranking ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... Interest Rate" - announced following its 28-29 January Board meeting, the Japanese currency remained strong. The ¥/US$ exchange rate closed at ¥108.42 at the end of last week's trading - 11.7%% higher than its level when the BOJ introduced the policy ...

Easier for as long as necessary?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... steady last week but stressed that it will "remain active in the foreign exchange market, in order to influence exchange rate developments where necessary". "Exchange rate developments" are, of course, influenced to a large extent by policy decisions ...

RBNZ cuts rates, biased towards further easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... climbing since - to above US$0.68 - before the RBNZ's decision. Likewise, according to the RBNZ, "The trade-weighted exchange rate is more than 4 percent higher than projected in December". The NZ$ is currently trading at US$0.6627. Like many other central ...

Another standout economic performance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... Australia's better-than-expected economic scorecard killed these speculations, underscored by the spike in the A$/US$ exchange rate from US$0.7175 to US$7295 after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest tally on the country's national ...

A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... â,¬60 billion) monthly, or both. This would likely put downward pressure on the euro (upward pressure on the A$/euro exchange rate). The Bank of Japan follows when it checks on its policy on the 15th of March. It also promised to take interest rates ...

AIA profit boosted by Asian insurance demand

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... "We are delighted to have delivered another excellent performance in 2015, with VONB growth of 26% on a constant exchange rate basis, which provides the clearest picture of our operating performance during periods of exchange rate volatility," AIA group ...

ANZ cash profit up, net down

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
ANZ has announced an unaudited cash profit of $1.85 billion in the three months to 31 December 2015, up 4% on the prior corresponding period. Statutory net profit was $1.6 billion, down slightly from the $1.65 billion reported for the December 2014 ...

New hope for DomaCom Kidman bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
DomaCom's offer to acquire the pastoral empire that is Kidman Station has been given a shot in the arm with S.Kidman & Co reopening the company's sale to Australian investors. DomaCom chief executive officer Arthur Naoumidis said the announcement endorsed ...