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Mine's bigger than yours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... in a week where other central banks were cutting interest rates, the Bank of England (BoE) produced the mother of all rate cuts. Last week central banks in Australia, South Korea, India, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Switzerland and the Eurozone all cut interest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... getting a boost from gains on Wall Street as investors bet that a very weak US jobs report would prompt more interest rate cuts. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares gained 92.55, or 2.17 per cent, to 4,364.96. FRANKFURT - The German DAX gained ...

Fidelity gears for reflation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... a realisation that banking stress will mean more pronounced economic weakness has opened the way to global interest rate cuts." He continued, "Central banks no longer see a conflict of interests between price stability and financial stability. They are ...

The end is nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... credit flowing again? Selective bailouts, massive rescue packages, coordinated interest rate reductions, shock interest rate cuts, nationalisations, government guarantees, direct capital injections. All these and more were tried over the past few weeks. ...

Property downturn over: RP Data

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... terms, this is one of the largest single cuts in history, he said. "With most economists predicting further interest rate cuts during 2008 and 2009, and with two consecutive falls already, it is likely the broader consumer market will begin to view the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... Commonwealth Bank of Australia in Melbourne. Yesterday, the Australian share market shrugged off coordinated interest rate cuts by the world's central banks to stem the global credit crisis and continued its freefall to close at fresh three-year lows. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... stock markets suffered another dizzying slide overnight as traumatised investors brushed aside central bank interest rate cuts aimed at boosting confidence. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 89 points, or 2.03 per cent, to 4299.1, while ...

The global recession we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... underway or envisaged.' Hopefully all these measures will be able to turn the tide around in time. More coordinated rate cuts are forthcoming, and so is a global recession. In its World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... Macquarie Equities adviser Helen Spencer said the market was "cautious and nervous" as it awaited news now about interest rate cuts from overseas. "The market gave up most of yesterday's gains after heavy losses in the US overnight and resources are ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... leaders as sentiment soured. Having staged a turnaround yesterday to end up 0.8 per cent on the prospect of early interest rate cuts, the NZSX-50 benchmark closed down 0.7 per cent, or 24.4 points, at the day's low of 3601.17 today. Turnover was just ...