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Econocrats pour cold water on mortgage agency

... was no case for any form of government-sponsored mortgage funding agency. In his opening remarks to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics inquiry into competition in banking, Reserve Bank deputy governor Ric Battellino yesterday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... meeting. Westpac will deliver a market update while, in Melbourne, ANZ and Bankwest will appear before the House of Representatives Economics Committee's inquiry into competition in the banking and non-banking sectors. AngloGold Ashanti Ltd chief executive ...

Account switching is too much trouble

... whether it is too hard to move transaction accounts is one of the issues that will be considered by the House of Representatives Economics Committee inquiry into banking competition, which starts its public hearings on Friday in Melbourne. In a statement ...

Margin lending collapses risk regulatory over-reach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
... illustrate the conundrum, it's worth reviewing some of Reserve Bank Glen Stevens' comments to the recent House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, particularly the discussion about mortgage stress and whether its media reporting is being ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
... at 5,679. In economic news today, Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens appears before the House of Representatives Economics Committee in Sydney. The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release retail trade data for February. In equities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... futures exchange. In economic news, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens appears before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration. The Housing Industry Association releases its Market ...

Economic round-up: Cheeseburger bill meets fat tax

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
... it's a more indigestible 'Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act'- a bill voted in by the US House of Representatives in March 2005. The nickname comes from its protection of fast-food purveyors against obese consumers' hefty lawsuits. While ...

Economic round-up: Manufacturing out run by fitness

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
The Government has been accused, in a report by the House of Representatives economic committee, of misguidedly prioritising agriculture and manufacturing over the services industry in its global trade negotiations. However, pushing manufacturing exports ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
... the RBA if this trend continues for a few months. The RBA Governor Glenn Stevens in his address to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration said in Perth yesterday that the bank had a mild tightening ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
... Bank of Australia governor, Glen Stevens, delivers his half-yearly testimony on monetary policy to the House of Representatives economic committee, in Perth. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute economic activity indices for December will be released, along ...