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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today as recent US optimism ebbed and oil reversed its recent decline. At 0732 AEST, the September share price index futures contract on the Sydney Futures exchange was 58 points lower at 4,917. ...

Eyes on the labour market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... prices, a strong currency, and rising interest rates continue to impact on German sentiment and activity. The European Central Bank and the Bank of England meets tonight to deliberate on monetary policy. Both are expected to keep interest rates on ho ...

RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... meets tomorrow night to conduct its own monetary policy assessment, followed by the Bank of England and the European Central Bank meetings on Friday.

Central bank watch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... Meanwhile, Japan's leading index is forecast to slow to 91.1 in June from 92.9 in the previous month. Europe: The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE) will also be on the spotlight this week. The Monetary Policy Council (MPC) of ...

Some Needed Good News

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... elevated inflation reading will be translated into the euro area as a whole, and will cause discomfort for the European Central Bank In Australia, June building approvals will be released at 11:30 AM today. Markets expect approvals to increase by 1 percent ...

NZX plugs into SWIFTNet

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... messaging platform was chosen by NZX because it changed its settlement arrangements for equities and debt products to use central bank funds and it needed to interact with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. In addition, NZX subsidiary, TZ1, recently became ...

Inflation Report: Japan's Turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
Global inflation remains elevated. This is the broad-based conclusion that could be derived after the recent updates on consumer price growth in the US and the Eurozone last week and yesterday's CPI report for Australia. Today it is Japan's turn, although ...

All Eyes on the CPI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... 'too high' and inconsistent with the goals of the Fed. He added that monetary policy is too loose and that the US Central Bank will likely need to increase interest rates even before an economic turnaround has taken place. Plosser sees real GDP growing ...

Inflation outlook dim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... the highest level since May 1992 - from 3.67 percent in the previous month. Expect more tightening by the European Central Bank.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... soaring energy prices. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said that US inflation was "too high" and insisted the central bank was focused on easing the trend. Stocks also drew support from a smaller-than-expected fall in profit at fifth-largest bank ...