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Capex & Credit at the forefront

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 24 AUG 2008
This Week's Market Movers (25 - 29 Aug 2008) Last week's economic releases continued the common theme of global weakness and elevated inflation. Financial market activity were once again volatile as thin trading volumes exaggerated downward moves in ...

Dovish RBA minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
As expected, the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's monetary policy meeting held on 5 August reiterated earlier RBA comments suggesting that there is scope to lower interest rates given the slowdown in demand in the Australian economy. As with ...

Lower, higher, steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
The latest reading from the Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index points to a slowdown in the Australian economy in the coming months, confirming the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) comments in the minutes of its 5 August Board meeting. The annual ...

The saga continues

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
Data released overnight shows a continued decline the US housing market, price pressures remain and its financial sector problems have not gone away. US housing starts fell by 11 percent to an annualised 965,000 units in July -- the lowest level since ...

More worries for US financials

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
It was another down day for Wall Street overnight as concerns about the financial sector resurfaced and another negative housing news overcame a drop in crude oil prices. Crude oil prices settled below US$113 a barrel last night following reports that ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
This Week's Market Movers (18 - 22 Aug 2008) The dearth of key market moving factors indicates this week that financial market activity will continue to focus on the rapid appreciation of the US dollar against most major currencies and the decline in ...

Nothing new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
Key economic data released overnight provided no new insight for financial markets but only to confirm the current state of the world - that of slowing growth and still high inflation. While inflation appears to be easing in Australia, consumer prices ...

Same old same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
Financial market speculation for an imminent RBA rate cut remained despite yesterday's positive news on domestic inflation and consumer sentiment. But this also did not stop the sell-off in the local sharemarket and investors seeking safety in bonds. ...

Financial woes continue to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
The Australian stockmarket is set for another down day of trading and bond yields will head lower if Wall Street's overnight perfromance is anything to go by. US share prices slipped while bonds were higher on the back of more news of losses in the ...

Rate Cut in the Offing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
Australian stocks and bonds welcomed the dovish RBA Quarterly Bulletin released yesterday. The RBA Bulletin confirmed the comments it made on 5 August -- after its unchanged interest rate decision - and indicated that it has room to lower interest rates ...