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A fantabulous set of jobs numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... bank announced February's rate cut and after March and April's no rate cut disappointment. The last word I remember Gov Glenn said about the dollar-A is that he wants it at US$0.75. Given the continued slump in commodity markets - and its negative impact ...

Now for Australia's debt surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... that we can lock in borrowings at low, low interest rates. Hope PM Tony and Treasurer Joey are listening. If they do, Gov Glenn would be singing the "Happy" song.

AB managing director joins Dimensional

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... Australians. I have been very impressed with everyone I have met and am looking forward to working with people of the calibre of Glenn Crane, Mark Yetman, Kevin Kandasamy and Nathan Krieger." Dimensional's head of institutional services in Australia ...

Strike three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... trick. It's three for three. Three times that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) wrong-footed market expectations. Governor Glenn Stevens cut interest rates by 25 basis points to a record low 2.25% back in February when markets expected him not to ...

RBA rate cut: earlier and more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... sector credit data showing that investor housing finance increased by 0.7% in February and 10.1% from a year ago. Would Gov Glenn go for a hat trick next week with a third surprise? We'll worry about May after Tuesday's decision next week.

Another cut's in the mail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... 5,936.3 points at the end of last week's trade. A go-slow Fed would reduce the risk of derailing the US recovery. As RBA Gov Glenn remarked in his speech before the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia last Friday, "...a healthy US economy should ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... index futures contract was down 14 points at 5,945. In local economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is slated to speak at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch in Melbourne. No major equities news is ...

Majority slammed (again), equities dunked, A$ fouled

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... do is... and slam!" - Kevin Bacon in the 1994 film "The Air Up There"...and slam is what the majority again got from Gov Glenn yesterday when the RBA "judged that, having eased monetary policy at the previous meeting, it was appropriate to hold interest ...

Fight or be beggared by the neighbours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... last week), along with disappointing business confidence and disappointing consumer confidence changed all that. Governor Glenn must do more, more so because the A$/US$ has returned to the level it was before 5 February's rate reduction... and then some. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... bailout after talks overnight collapsed acrimoniously. In local economic news on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is due to appear before the House of Representatives Economics Committee. In equities news, Newcrest, Sims Metal ...