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Chief economist update: RBA certain to raise interest rates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... wages growth and inflation to be only gradual." "...because the progress is expected to be only gradual, the Reserve Bank Board does not see a strong case for a near-term adjustment in monetary policy." At least we learned from John Maynard Keynes what ...

Chief economist update: Next move in rates will likely be up, but it's not certain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
"You may have noticed that at yesterday's meeting, the Reserve Bank Board left the cash rate unchanged at 1.5%, where it has been since August 2016." This is what RBA Governor Philip Lowe told his audience at the Australian Financial Review Business ...

RBA hires Women's Leadership Institute chair

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... RBA, Treasurer Scott Morrison said: "I am pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Carol Schwartz AM to the Reserve Bank Board as a part-time member for a five-year period from 14 February 2017." He added: "Ms Schwartz has business experience across ...

APRA appoints new chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... companies spanning a broad cross-section of Australian business sectors, has been appointed a member of the Reserve Bank Board for a five-year term from 7 May 2013.

Uncertainly certain RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... RBA". According to the Australian Financial Review, "The Australian National University's so-called "shadow" Reserve Bank board urged the central bank to keep rates unchanged today. The group includes two former board members, Warwick McKibbin and Bob ...

New RBA deputy governor named

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... conditions." Since April 2009, Lowe has worked as assistant economic governor, as well as the governor and Reserve Bank board's chief economic adviser. He also held the role of head of financial institutions and division at the Bank for International ...

Former Treasury Secretary joins NAB Board

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... Zealand's University of Canterbury and acted as a senior adviser to Paul Keating. He has also served on the Reserve Bank board, the Board of Taxation and the Council of Financial Regulators. Henry is currently an economic adviser for the Gillard government ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... fifth-straight weekly slump and the S&P 500 its biggest weekly decline (2.3 per cent) since August last year. The Reserve Bank board meets on Tuesday, but isn't expected to change official interest rates. Data on job advertisements are released the Monday ...

Depends on the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... are scouring every economic report coming their way to divine what is in the heads of the nine members of the Reserve Bank board. An exercise in futility if I could say so! It is hard enough to understand what my wife is thinking from one minute to the ...

Economy slowing down and speeding up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
The just released minutes of last month's Reserve Bank Board meeting show that while the board believes the economy is slowing, the rising terms of trade is pushing the economy hard in the opposite direction. "Board members noted that the bulk of indicators ...