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Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate target steady at 5.75 per cent following yesterday's Board meeting. Financial markets widely expected the move this time, unlike the controversial 25 basis point hike announced last month. ...

Aussie fund frontrunner for Bank of China $12bn float

Investors in a little known Sydney-based fund Premium China Fund could become the early beneficiaries of the Bank of China's initial public offering (IPO), one of the most widely anticipated and sought after public floats of the decade. China's second-largest ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
Investor anxiety ebbed slightly over the course of last week's financial market trading activity with both volatility and risk aversion easing from heightened levels. Inflation fears kept investors on tenterhooks over the past fortnight amid concern ...

Outflows to force Challenger fund re-opening

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2006
Morningstar research has issued an updated report on the "tough times" being faced by Challenger small and micro cap funds of late, which they say has resulted in $100 million in institutional fund outflows. Morningstar's head of research, Justin Walsh ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
Market volatility increased last week as markets for bonds, equities and commodities sold off after higher-than-expected US CPI inflation data doused market expectations that the US Federal Reserve will give interest rate hikes a breather. Financial ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
The pattern of it's on again off again - rate hikes that is - continues in the US. Financial markets settled down slightly overnight following calming words by US Federal Reserve officials. Equity and bond markets tumbled yesterday following the release ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open sharply weaker as US and European stocks were routed overnight on concerns of higher global interest rates. The Dow Jones fell almost two per cent while UK shares dropped nearly three per cent on inflation concerns ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
Today's Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Labour Price Index report indicates that little upward pressure on inflation from wages. The wage price index (WPI) rose by 0.9 per cent in the March quarter and 4 per cent over the year. These are less ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures showing that the total value of dwelling finance commitments rose by 1.2 per cent in March. While the figures provide a positive connotation for the housing market, these have lost their relevance ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2006
Australian employment fell by 3,200 in April, partially reversing the hefty 27,000 gain reported in the previous month. This is lower than market expectations of a flat outcome for the month. Full-time employment rose by 22,700 last month but this was ...