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RBA to raise rates in Wayne's world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2013
... it right Virginia. Shortly after lunch, the Reserve Bank of Australia will announce that it is lifting the official cash rate. This is, of course, if you follow Australian Federal Treasurer and 2011's Euromoney Finance Minister of the Year, Wayne Swan ...

On austerity, growth and expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... Credit Suisse interest rate expectations index says that they now expect not one but two 25 bps nips at the official cash rate before the year is over from none to even a rate rise just a few months before. The benign March CPI inflation figures give ...

Retail investors need new defensive investments

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... banks] will need to take the term deposit rate lower," he said. Earlier this month the Reserve Bank left the official cash rate at 3%. He warned retail investors that as a low interest rate environment makes itself know to Australia's economy, "now is ...

All Ords at 5000 overvalued but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... is precisely the reason why the 'smart money' is on not just one but perhaps two or three more bites on the official cash rate. I bet that these bets are being rethought as I punch away on my keyboard. Governor Stevens should have stuck with his statement ...

Uncertainly certain RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... markets that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will deliver another interest rate cut today, that will take the official cash rate down from 3.25% to 3.0%. The list printed in "The Age" this morning - company profits down 2.9% and wages and salaries ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... yesterday - the third this year following cuts of 50 bps and 25 bps in May and June, respectively - taking the official cash rate down to 3.25%. And though many still await more stimulus measures from China, the politburo has already set some in train ...

Heritage Bank launches online RSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... Australian Government's deposit guarantee and will pay an interest rate that tracks 0.5 percentage points above the official cash rate of the Reserve Bank of Australia. The investment methodology and interest rate policy of the product will make it among ...

REST Industry Super delivers 0.85%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
REST Industry Super has delivered a positive 2011-12 return of 0.85% for its default Core option and 1.18% for same option in the pension division. The result having a 'plus' in front of it, stands in sharp contrast to the -7% delivered by the Australian ...

Stay or stay away this May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... you, I and Irene were dreaming about Australian banks passing on the RBA's 50 basis point reduction in the official cash rate yesterday. Yes, only in our dreams! But Australians all should be grateful that the All Ords index rose by 0.7%, taking its ...

Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... Glen. Ahh... but that was before Bernie Fraser stepped into the fray and called for a 50 basis point cut in the official cash rate instead. Never mind the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) or the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) or the ...