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Daily economic update

... again no surprises in the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) announcement that its Board decided to keep the official cash rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent after yesterday's meeting. Moderate economic growth and benign inflation pressures have allowed the ...

Daily economic update

... spending, which could slow down the economy this year. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has increased the official cash rate nine times since January 2004 to a record 7.25 per cent, saying household spending, which makes up 60 per cent of the US$97 ...

Daily economic update

As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left the official cash rate untouched at 5.5 per cent following yesterday's Board meeting. The decision marked the 12th straight month of steady interest rates since March 2005 when it lifted its key ...

Daily Economic Update

... building approvals remains on a downward trajectory despite the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) keeping the official cash rate steady at 5.5 per cent since March last year. One reason for the continued weakness in the property market is that home affordability ...

Weekly economic round-up

... domestic economy that is growing moderately with little pressure on inflation and, therefore, no impetus for the official cash rate to move one way or the other. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) December quarter report on capital expenditure ...

Daily economic update

... in the economy. The RBNZ has raised interest rates nine times over the past two years, taking the benchmark official cash rate to 7.25 per cent, the highest in the OECD.

Weekly Economic Roundup

... (RBA) kept domestic monetary policy unchanged following its Board meeting last week. The RBA last raised the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 5.5 per cent in March. Since then, indications that growth in the domestic economy is softening have ...

Daily Economic Update

... Jean Claude Trichet stated that the ECB is ready to raise interest rates to rein in inflation. The Eurozone's official cash rate currently stands at a 60 year low of 2.0 per cent. Meanwhile, the European Commission forecast that the region's inflation ...

Interest rates stay steady

... meeting. The central bank does not issue an accompanying statement when it leaves monetary policy unchanged. The official cash rate has remained at 5.5 per cent since March this year. The Financial Standaad Intelligence Unit expects the RBA to keep monetary ...

RBA keeps rates on hold

... interest rates unchanged at 5.5 per cent following yesterday's Board meeting. While futures trading suggests the official cash rate would remain steady through to the first half of 2006, some are however beginning to pencil in a rate rise by the end ...

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REI Super chief executive steps down

ELIZA BAVIN

REI Super is farewelling its chief executive Jarrod Coysh, after more than seven years in the role.

Former Brighter Super investment lead plots return

MATTHEW WAI

After a six-month hiatus, former Brighter Super chief investment officer Mark Rider is returning to the superannuation industry, set to join another super fund next month.

CGT, negative gearing changes to become a law

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

The government's tax agenda announced in the Budget overhauling the capital gains tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing have now passed the Parliament and will become law.

BUSSQ beefs up cyber security oversight

MATTHEW WAI

The Queensland industry fund has welcomed a cyber security expert to its board of trustees, bolstering its oversight on heightened cyber security risk.

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