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Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... Europe: Following last week's 'no-event' on monetary policy meetings by the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE), European financial markets will be focused mainly on Eurozone GDP growth and inflation figures. While in the UK, attention ...

Central Banks hold fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2008
... monetary policy steady this month. Fixed income markets rallied overnight following unchanged monetary policy decisions by the BoE and the ECB and as worries about the US financial sector re-emerged. Slowing growth in the UK, punctuated by a falling ...

Super funds back aircraft fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
The industry funds-backed Investec Global Aircraft Fund has more than quadrupled its assets under management since its inception in April. IGAF, which has the support of AUSCOAL Superannuation, Seafarers Retirement Fund and the Stevedoring Employees ...

Central bank watch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... to slow to 91.1 in June from 92.9 in the previous month. Europe: The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE) will also be on the spotlight this week. The Monetary Policy Council (MPC) of the BoE is expected to keep interest rates steady ...

Inflation Report: Japan's Turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... unchanged at 7.16%. This is another indication of the dour state of the US housing market. In Europe, the Bank of England (BoE) released the minutes of its July 9 and 10 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting and reported that seven members of the MPC ...

This Week's Market Movers (21-25 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... its monetary policy meeting held on July 10 this week, along with UK June retail sales and advance second quarter GDP. The BOE kept rates unchanged at 5 percent at its last meeting. Markets are speculating that the minutes will show that the Monetary ...

Trouble at Threadneedle Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... is more likely to follow the European Central Bank (ECB) and tighten monetary policy rather than ease, the Bank of England (BoE) succumbed to the growing threat of an economic recession and kept its benchmark interest rate steady at 5 per cent. The BOE ...

This Week's Market Movers (7-11 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... factors the Bank of England will take into account when it deliberates on monetary policy on Wednesday. Markets expect the BOE to keep interest rates unchanged.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open higher this morning following gains on Wall Street and stronger base metals prices on Friday. At 0722 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was 90 points higher at 5,694. Today ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher this morning after US stocks increased as a range of technology companies posted better-than-expected results. Gains may be limited as most base metals, gold and silver declined overnight. Oil was ...