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RBA holds rates but deploys rhetoric as magic pudding

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... adjustment if it can charm the market with sweet nothings whispered in its ear. Commenting on the decision to hold rates, RBA governor Glen Stevens seemed to be attempting to mobilise investors to shift their cash piles into riskier assets. "Interest ...

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... that Glen won't go aggro on a single month's number derived from a single stat. If that was the case, even I can be RBA Governor. Just in case you didn't pick up, it was a joke. But on a more serious note, I think the recent round of quantitative easing ...

Variant Perceptions' variant perception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... over-dependence on China. I'm running out of space to debunk these issues one at a time but it goes along the lines of what RBA Governor Glen Stevens said at his "The lucky Country" speech at The Anika Foundation last 24 July. You can read it again here ...

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Noi! Noi! Noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... Australia is doing well enough with the Australian dollar as it is - free to counter the flow of offshore storms. As the RBA Governor declared last week, "If the thing that goes wrong is a serious slump in China's economy, the Australian dollar would ...

Lucky in so many ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... there. And why follow Wall Street's or Europe's lead? Why? Why? Why? Australia is in a league of its own. Just ask the RBA Governor. At his address to the Anika Foundation, Glen Stevens reminded us, Australians all, just how lucky we are. Worried about ...

Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... 50 by 230 today. And now back to more on this later. When asked about the government's budget surplus promise, ex-RBA Governor Bernie Fraser said that, "It just doesn't make sense because on 1st May the Reserve Bank could well reduce interest rates by ...

Can't fix what's not broken, yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... yacht-sailing Sydney - or something like that (I can't find his actual quotation). The "they will" half point to RBA Governor Glenn Stevens' own assessment last month that growth is "somewhat below trend" and recent indicators showing a softening in ...

Australia's Apple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... promised it will spawn in our domestic economy, are predicated on China's continued gluttony for all things resources. RBA Governor Glen Stevens believes so. Stevens told Credit Suisse Group AG 15th Asian Investment Conference that, "One can certainly ...

Recycled scares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... this year. And China? Yes, we know. And the world economy? Yes, check. And how do we know, we know? Because of what RBA Governor Glenn Stevens said only yesterday - the day his Board decided to keep interest rates unchanged at 4.25%. "Recent information ...

New RBA deputy governor named

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... in helping shape the RBA's timely and effective policy and operational response to the global financial crisis." RBA governor, Glenn Stevens, also paid tribute to Battellino. "Ric has given me unfailing personal support, providing valued counsel and ...