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Up, up, prices are up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... three months to December. Dear oh dear! Governor Glen Stevens would have to start thinking about lifting the official cash rate now. That's the knee-jerk reaction in the financial markets, a reaction clearly demonstrated by the appreciation in the Australian ...

RBA and Melbourne Cup two-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... provide forward guidance on the trajectory of interest rates. The words put in Governor Glen's mouth are that the official cash rate would remain at 2.5% because of latest indications - retail sales, housing, unemployment rate, AiG Performance of Manufacturing ...

Savings trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... five-year highs yesterday. Hip, hip. We've got easy monetary policy here too you know. Record low interest rates - official cash rate at 2.5% -- that's boosting share and property prices. Surely, the wealth effect spawned from these should encourage ...

Wonderully dreadful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... fast enough to reverse the rising trend in the unemployment rate.A And this, even with the RBA cutting the official cash rate from 4.75% (October 2011) to a record low 2.5%. Tony! Tony! Tony!A He's our man, if he can't do it, Kevin can't! The fact is ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... else but the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy setting.A It decided to hold fire and keep the official cash rate at 2.5% after its Board meeting yesterday. Too soon to cut rates again after cutting it only last month or it doesn't want ...

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... fall...of the Australian dollar that is. This, along with the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) cut in the official cash rate to a record low 2.75% (7 May) gave domestic investors a warm glow. The RBA and the currency are now both working to provide ...

Peace, be still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
... longer booming" because "commodity prices are falling" because "China is slowing" and the "RBA would cut the official cash rate some more" stories. Sure, sure they contributed but it's still the Fed that calls the shots. Only hours after falling below ...

CIO confidence slumps to nine-month low

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... Reserve Bank and other central banks respond to difficult policy conditions. Eight out of 10 CIOs expect the official cash rate to be cut in the next 12 months with a roughly even split between those expecting a 25 basis point and 50 basis point cut. ...

RBA decisions decisions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... revealed at 230 PM (AEST time, of course) but market betting is for the RBA to stay the course and keep the official cash rate at 2.75% this month. But markets have been wrong before - not only once but many, many times. Only last month the RBA cut rates ...

Down, down, dollar down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... Here's looking at you, parity. Was it the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)'s 25 basis pint reduction in the official cash rate last week and RBA Governor Stevens' promise to do more "should that be necessary to support demand" that did it? Was it the ...