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Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2004
... flat at 3452 on a volume of 723 contracts. Domestically the focus will largely be on economics with the Reserve Bank of Australia to announce any change in interest rates at 0930 AEST this morning.

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2004
... the day's trading ahead, was three points lower at 3459 on a volume of 312 contracts. On the day the Reserve Bank of Australia hosts its monthly board meeting, although most economists do not expect any change in the current cash rate of 5.25 per cent. ...

Fitch: investment properties more risky than owner-occupied

... and risk profiles of the investment loans had changed over the past decade, Fitch said. It noted the Reserve Bank of Australia said in its Financial Stability Review in March, that investment property loans increased as a proportion of total housing ...

Fitch says Aust RMBS delinquencies on the rise

... effects of increased consumer spending over the Christmas holiday period. However, the agency said the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate increases late last year may have also contribute to the rise in reported delinquencies. AAP

Competition leaving little room for bank fee hikes, says Westpac

... and then another third at the end of construction," he said. Meanwhile, Mr Morgan said he thought the Reserve Bank of Australia might wait for the US Federal Reserve to move before acting on interest rates. AAP

RBA likely to lift rates once more this year: Economists

... central bank looks like it will lift rates one more time this year, economists said today, after the Reserve Bank of Australia released its May 2004 quarterly monthly statement. In its statement, the central bank said the medium-term risks associated ...

RBA decision to leave rates expected and clear cut: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to leave rates unchanged today was largely expected by the market and pretty clear cut, economists said today. At 0930 AEST the RBA announced it would leave rates at 5.25%, following its board meeting yesterday. ...

Reserve Bank of Australia tipped to leave rates on hold

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
The Reserve Bank is tipped to leave interest rates on hold today but many analysts are predicting a rise in the next month or two. Australia's central bank will announce the result of its board meeting at 0930 (AEST) today. Some economists believe the ...

Australian price of goods and services rose 0.1% in April: TD/MI

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2004
... the report, in the last five months the year-ended inflation rate had been around the bottom of the Reserve Bank of Australia's inflation target band of 2% to 3%.

Inflation slows to lowest in more than four years

... expectations of a 0.8% rise. The result took the annual inflation rate down to 2%, at the very bottom of the Reserve Bank of Australia's target range and the lowest since December 1999. It compares with inflation of 2.4% in the year to December, after ...