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In search of that elusive Australian animal spirit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... seems that nothing much has changed over the past 30 months - the time back in August 2014 when then RBA Governor Glenn Stevens told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics that he has done enough. "You can't make people be confident ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... housing finance The latest dwelling finance commitment report gave almost immediate evidence to the RBA governor Glenn Stevens' 7 June statement that, "Indications are that the effects of supervisory measures have strengthened lending standards in the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... continued growth in the economy, with inflation close to target" -- and nary a jawboning word from RBA governor Glenn Stevens, should keep the A$ well-bid in the near term. US housing starts There was a big disappointment in the latest update on the ...

A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... dollar (which it already has) and take down the Australian dollar. This would be a "chilling" moment for RBA Governor Glenn Stevens.

ZIRP to bring back "animal spirits"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... up to this day. Seems like nothing much has changed in 18 months - the time back in August 2014 when RBA Governor Glenn Stevens told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics that he has done enough, "You can't make people be confident ...

Lift-off off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... slowing China and slumping commodity prices and slowing global growth and low-flation. As our very own RBA governor Glenn Stevens put it after the Fed's no-lift in September decision, "There will always be one piece of data that says hold off, but in ...

A question of trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
Funny that. Funny that on the same day that RBA Governor Glenn Stevens addressed the Anika Foundation Luncheon in Sydney and told his audience that, "One of the features of much regular discussion of macroeconomic policy, and monetary policy in particular ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its April board meeting minutes while RBA governor Glenn Stevens delivers a speech at an American Australian Association lunch in New York. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... the bad" that spooked markets last Friday weren't really well... bad. Impressive is the workings of RBA governor Glenn Stevens' mind - one that he shared to his audience (and the world) last night in his "Address to The American Australian Association ...

Happy Australian dollar Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... US$0.7855 - its lowest level since July 2009 - bringing it closer to the US$0.75 mark that would make RBA Governor Glenn Stevens a happy little vegemite... and us too, of course. It's currently trading at US$0.7921, 16.5% below the 2014 peak of US$0.9482 ...