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Battling the bears

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2007
... Reserve Bank's Quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy, out yesterday, showed little sign of being phased by the sub-prime contagion. Focussing on the strength in the domestic and global economies and rising inflationary pressures, the RBA raised its ...

The price of pain

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... German DAX and the French CAC were down 3.2 per cent, 1.5 per cent and 3.1 per cent respectively. Fear of sub-prime contagion has gripped global markets and prompted some major central bank interventions against a complete credit crunch. The US Federal ...

Sub-prime dominoes falling

The sub-prime contagion's knock-on effect has so far collided with leveraged loans, investment grade bonds, high yield currencies and global equities. Now local councils are feeling the heat. While consensus has been that the sub-prime fallout would ...

PE won't be allowed to cause systemic risks: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
... in Australia is from overseas and that means local institutions are not as exposed as we think. But nonetheless the contagion risk is an issue that must be monitored. "The fact that the money comes from overseas and then is spread generally between overseas ...