Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 381 - 390 of 1045 results for "Governor"

We cannot underestimate humans: Sicilia

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... in wealth and technology being "massively deflationary" Sicilia said. He questions why the Reserve Bank of Australia governor said to the Australian people 'go ask for a wage rise,' but nobody queued outside their HR manager's door on Monday morning? ...

Peak iron ore?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
Governor Philip Lowe's statement explaining the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy decision to keep interest rates unchanged at 1.5% at their 5 September Board meeting, revealed the Australian central bank's optimism over the international ...

Boring is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
Less than a fortnight from now, Philip Lowe celebrates his first anniversary as Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) - succeeding Glenn Stevens on 18 September 2016. One thing that could be said about his first year stint as head honcho of ...

Panel appointed to ease AFCA transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
... resolution services to the new 'one-stop-shop' model, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority. Led by former Assistant Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia Malcolm Edey, the panel comprises representatives from two of the three existing complaints ...

No follow through

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
Unlike the Bank of Canada (BOC) which he headed from 2008-2013, now Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney didn't follow through on the remarks he made at the European Central Bank Forum in Portugal that, "Some removal of monetary stimulus is likely ...

Australian dollar poses problem for RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... Monetary Policy' report for August 2017. The overall tone of the report was bullish and one that's already painted by RBA governor Philip Lowe's statement after the bank's board meeting on 1 August (where it kept the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5%). ...

Cheaper imports

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... report - which showed inflation in Australia remained below the RBA's target in the June quarter - but the Australian bank governor Philip Lowe's address to the Anika Foundation luncheon in Sydney was held on the same day the inflation report provided ...

O'Dwyer names one-stop-shop dispute resolution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
A former RBA governor will spearhead the merger of three financial and superannuation dispute resolution bodies into a one-stop-shop. Revenue and Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer told the FSC Leaders Summit yesterday that Malcolm Edey will ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... combined with strengthening momentum in the UK economy - both of which, puts rising pressure on inflation - prodded BOE governor Mark Carney to remark: "Some removal of monetary stimulus is likely to become necessary if the trade-off facing the MPC continues ...

Not showing: inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
RBA deputy governor Guy Debelle snuffed hawkish interpretations of the minutes of the 4 July RBA meeting - particularly, the minutes' reference to a 3.5% neutral cash rate - reversing the Australian dollar's upward run. "...the current (nominal) cash ...