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How high and how long

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... again lifted interest rates by another 25 bps - the fifth hike since October last year. We're now sitting at an official cash rate of 4.25 per cent - 125 bps more than the 3.0 per cent when the RBA brought the economy into the "emergency" ward to fend ...

While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... deterred the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) one single bit. It did it again -- raised interest rates that is. The official cash rate now stands at 4.0 per cent after the RBA's 25 basis point hike announcement yesterday. "The board judges that with growth ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... from the monrning as traders awaited the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision on whether to raise the official cash rate. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 0.1 points lower at 4,686.4, while the broader All Ordinaries index firmed ...

RBA mixes its game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... but yesterday we had the RBA mixing its play to win game, set and match. The Australian central bank kept the official cash rate unchanged at 3.75 per cent, defying universal certitude that interest rates would be an even 4.0 per cent after its first ...

Stimulexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... lifted its bank's required reserves. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has already done a hat trick on the official cash rate and it's not finished yet. The Fed is scheduled to stop buying mortgaged-back securities and long-term US Treasuries by end-March. ...

Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... paid! Ahh...but now there's a new scare -- pain from rising interest rates. The RBA had had already raised the official cash rate - now at 3.75 per cent -- by 25 bps each in October, November and December. Chances are it would do so again next month ...

December 25bps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will or will not hand Australians another 25 basis point increase in the official cash rate before Christmas. The odds fell to a 50 per cent chance it will - I guess this is the same as saying it won't - after the ...

Boiling frog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... morning, there are more stories about 'Shocking' (the horse) winning the Melbourne Cup than there is about the official cash rate rising by another 25 basis points - the second month in a row - to 3.5 per cent. And unlike 'Shocking's victory, the RBA's ...

On A$ parity and dashed whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... the central bank would raise rates another seven times before 2010 becomes 2011. This would take the current official cash rate of 3.25 per cent to 5.0 per cent. Stevens' words all but ensured a 25 basis point hike next month - maybe even a 50 bps increased. ...

Our fearful trip is done

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... for the stock market. But what happened? Financial markets widely regarded the RBA's decision to increase the official cash rate from the 'emergency' level of 3.0 per cent to 3.25 per cent as a vote of confidence for the Australian economy and its future ...