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Variant Perceptions' variant perception

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... China. I'm running out of space to debunk these issues one at a time but it goes along the lines of what RBA Governor Glen Stevens said at his "The lucky Country" speech at The Anika Foundation last 24 July. You can read it again here: http://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2012/sp-gov-240712.html ...

Lucky in so many ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... Why? Why? Australia is in a league of its own. Just ask the RBA Governor. At his address to the Anika Foundation, Glen Stevens reminded us, Australians all, just how lucky we are. Worried about the outlook for the Chinese economy? Don't be. "The conclusion ...

Australia's Apple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... spawn in our domestic economy, are predicated on China's continued gluttony for all things resources. RBA Governor Glen Stevens believes so. Stevens told Credit Suisse Group AG 15th Asian Investment Conference that, "One can certainly think of ways in ...

Other play factors

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... politicians in Washington are still playing and the Europeans' sport of kick the can, I bet you that RBA Governor Glen Stevens is losing many nights of sleep over them. And not only these, Australia's consumer spending conundrum is also racking his brains ...

Backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... over the year ahead." That's fine. Some in the financial markets even pencilled in a rate cut (C-U-T) after Governor Glen Stevens' statement. But by Friday of the same week, the RBA changed it tuned. In its quarterly Statement of Monetary Policy (SoMP) ...

RBA worries not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... produce... but these prices should fall back later in the year." This was how 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 ...

I heart the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... outing today. The minutes would probably contain no added info to that what we've already heard from RBA Governor Glen Stevens last week, but it'll serve to etch Australia's good economic fortune deeper into all Australians' psyche. "It is worth recording ...

Boiling frog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... This is because Australia is fortunate enough to sit right next to industrialising China. According to RBA Governor Glen Stevens, "Growth in China has been very strong, which is having a significant impact on other economies in the region and on commodity ...

On A$ parity and dashed whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... sensible and prudent to begin to remove it, and increasingly imprudent not to do so." With these words RBA Governor Glen Stevens set speculation afire - speculation that the central bank would raise rates another seven times before 2010 becomes 2011. ...

Our fearful trip is done

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... after US President Abraham Lincoln's assassination on 14 April 1865. Nearly one and half century later, RBA Governor Glen Stevens could have used the same words when he and his Board decided to go back to normality. Setting off to set Australia's monetary ...