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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... straight day of losses. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand share market ended little changed on Wednesday ahead of an official cash rate review by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand on Thursday and statements by the Federal Reserve due overnight. The benchmark ...

RBA worries not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glen Stevens explained his Board's decision to keep the country's official cash rate at 4.75 per cent yesterday. The local economy will be right mate! And so would the global one. But last time I looked, NATO's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... East, weak economic data and profit-taking took a toll on equity markets. A move by the Reserve Bank to cut the official cash rate cut by 50 basis points to 2.5 percent in response to last month's Christchurch earthquake was largely anticipated, and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... with markets in Asia today as investors waited to see if the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) will cut the official cash rate (OCR) on Thursday. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed down 6.748 points, or 0.197 percent, at 3,414.424. Turnover was worth ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... Otherwise, the sharemarket was strong on a day other markets were weak as many investors anticipated that the official cash rate will be cut by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand on Thursday, making investments in shares more attractive. Many economists ...

Santa's in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... played Santa to Australians all by announcing no increase in interest rates yesterday. It may have to lift the official cash rate from the current 4.75 per cent one day... but not this side of the New Year. So you think you can Santa? Not to be outdone ...

Head faked again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... go left, it went right. Yesterday, when everyone was expecting it to go right, it went left. It raised the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.75 per cent. What did we say about the September quarter CPI report being dated and not the only factor ...

Punting on next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... CPI report. Because the result would determine whether or not the Reserve Bank of Australia would raise the official cash rate next week on Melbourne Cup Day. This should give punt loving Australians enough to bet on next week - the Fed's QE2, the RBA ...

Australia's big bro

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... still far from contemplating raising interest rates, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has already lifted the official cash rate six time from 3.0 per cent last October to 4.5 per cent currently. China is also one of the reasons why there is a 74 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... Zealand share market rallied from a weak start on a day in which investors watched the currency plunge and the official cash rate rise. When announcing the official cash rate was being lifted 25 basis points to 3 per cent, Reserve Bank governor Alan ...