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Fed Gloom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
Market Movers Overnight (16 July) Fed Gloom US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony before the US Congress last night catapulted the Australian dollar to a 25-year high in overnight trading. The Australian dollar broke above the US$0.9800 ...

This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
Macroeconomic indicators set for release this week are not expected to deviate from the ongoing global theme of slowing growth and higher inflation. Australia Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens address on the "Challenges for Economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
... started trading. Early today, the NZ Reserve Bank decided to keep official interest rates on hold, keeping its official cash rate (OCR) at 8.25 per cent, its level since last July.

Flight of the squeamish

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... Treasury's robust lead, Australia's 3-month bank bill rate increased to 8.09 per cent, a substantial 84bp above the official cash rate of 7.25 per cent - reflecting the premium attached to liquidity. The yield on the Commonwealth Government February ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... the announcement of its decision on the official interest rate to follow at 1430 AEDT. Economists expect the official cash rate to remain unchanged. The RBA also will release its commodity price index for March. The Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... points at 5786 on a volume of 16,759 contracts. The Reserve Bank of Australia is tipped widely to lift the official cash rate to seven per cent, from 6.75 per cent, after its board meeting today. Its decision will be known at 1430 AEDT. Leading the market ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... largest home lender, was down 37 cents to $57.63 after announcing it would raise variable mortgage rates above official cash rate rises to cover the increased funding costs caused by the US subprime crisis. Mr Land said the weakness in resources is being ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
The Australian share market is expected to begin today's trade lower, with Wall Street down in afternoon trade and metal prices also down overnight. At 0819 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was down 138 points to 6549. ...

The worm turns

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... have already already started to re-price rates across a range of consumer lending products above the RBA's official cash rate. While the odds of a November cash rate rise are increasing, the banks claim the credit crunch's effect on wholesale financing ...

Rates rising everywhere bar big bank mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
... five largest lenders have made changes to their rates beyond the Reserve Bank's 25 basis point increase in the official cash rate pushed through in August. Macquarie and Aussie have put up standard variable rates by 10 basis points. Rams, Adelaide Bank ...