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Weak growth confirms RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
... 52 in August - the lowest level since 2004. High inflation levels deter both the Bank of England and the European Central Bank from lowering interest rates to stimulate their respective economies - both are expected to keep monetary policy steady when ...

Three steadies and a cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2008
... this week. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), The Bank of Canada (BoC), the Bank of England (BoE) and the European Central Bank (ECB) will each decide their respective economies' interest rate settings but only the RBA is expected to lower rates, the ...

Rate cut? maybe not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... are measured - headline or core - remain way above the RBA's target. An RBA rate cut next week risks reversing the central bank's good work in keeping the trajectory of economic growth and inflation on a relatively even keel.

Bad news galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... burdensome for a state-run institution to play a leading role and take risks which may be more than financial." European Central Bank Governing Council member Yves Mersch hinted at new funding pressures for European banks, commenting that the ECB will ...

Dovish RBA minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
As expected, the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's monetary policy meeting held on 5 August reiterated earlier RBA comments suggesting that there is scope to lower interest rates given the slowdown in demand in the Australian economy. As with ...

More worries for US financials

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... rates and the minute of the Reserve Bank of Australia's August monetary policy meeting. Markets expect the Japanese central bank to keep interest rates steady at 0.5 percent and ignore high inflation as it tries to steer the economy away from a recession. ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... a recession, the BoJ's hope of bringing interest rates to normal levels may have to wait a little longer. Japan's central bank is expected to keep interest rates at 0.5 percent. The BoJ had been unable to move official interest rates up or down since ...

Kenya budgets right for investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... behaviour or contract breach. In the financial sector, Finance Minister Amos Kimunya said the government would give the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) more power to deal with inflation, which stood at 31.5 per cent in May. Finally, the investment quota ...

Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... 32.6 in the previous month. Europe: Following last week's 'no-event' on monetary policy meetings by the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE), European financial markets will be focused mainly on Eurozone GDP growth and inflation ...

Central Banks hold fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
The week of central watching finished with the Reserve Bank of Australia, the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England opting to hold monetary policy steady this month. Fixed income markets rallied overnight following unchanged ...