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Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
... consistent with the lead provided by the 2.2 per cent rise in March building approvals. However, the Reserve Bank of Australia's recent lifting of interest rates from 5.5 per cent to 5.75 per cent could undermine the housing market's slow return to ability. ...

Russell reinforces research with new appointment

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2006
... for five years with Japan's largest investment bank, Nomura Securities after a six year stint with the Reserve Bank of Australia. Russell also announced its Australian-sourced assets under management had swollen to $16 billion.

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2006
Following a week of controversy surrounding the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) announcement of a 25 basis point hike in the country's official cash rate, this week will give financial markets more variables to digest as the Federal Treasury delivers ...

Daily Economic Update

... component is a highly volatile series and is known to fluctuate wildly from one month to the next. The Reserve Bank of Australia's 25 basis point rate last Wednesday is certain to have a negative impact on the future trajectory of building approvals ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2006
... June share price index was 40 points firmer at 5233. On the day economics assumes centre stage with the Reserve Bank of Australia able to more fully justify this week's interest rate hike when it releases its quarterly statement on monetary policy and ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) finally put to rest market speculation over monetary policy by raising the official cash rate by 25 basis points to a five year high of 5.75 per cent. The RBA last lifted interest rates in March 2005. Market expectations ...

Rate hike catches economists unaware

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) handed down a controversial decision today to lift the official cash rate from 5.5 per cent to 5.75 per cent, a move economists say caught many unawares. Benjamin Ong, chief economist with the Financial Standard Intelligence ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
... should open firmer as a raft of stock-specific news, combined with an interest rate decision from the Reserve Bank of Australia expected to drive the local bourse. US stock, gold, oil prices and base metals all gained overnight, giving the local bourse ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2006
... Alinta Infrastructure Holdings, Aristocrat Leisure, SFE, Coal and Allied and Westfield. Also today the Reserve Bank of Australia board meets in one of its most open deliberations on monetary policy in recent years, with analysts divided about whether ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
This week's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board meeting takes on a particular significance in light of the higher than expected Australian headline CPI inflation report for the March quarter. Last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released ...