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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016

... weakness in the Brazilian economy. The Brazilian central kept interest rates at a 10-year high of 14.25% at its April meeting despite easing CPI inflation. The annual inflation rate slowed from 9.4% in March to 9.3% last month - more than double the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016

... lending facility rate at 0.25%; deposit facility rate at minus 0.4%; monthly purchases at €80 billion - at its 21 April meeting. "The focus is now on the implementation of the additional non-standard measures decided on 10 March 2016." In June, the ...

You can forget June

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015

... data - particularly on employment and inflation. This is the main take-away from the minutes of the FOMC's 28-29 April meeting....but you can forget June... June is dead. "A few anticipated that the information that would accrue by the time of the June ...

May cut, may not

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015

... thereafter. Looking at the Australian economic indicators that have been released since the Australian central bank's April meeting, nothing much has changed. Au contraire, some have even improved - unemployment rate, retail spending, business confidence ...

Strike three

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015

... Australian central bank's monthly Board meeting. The odds of a rate cut steadily rose from 36% three weeks prior to the 7 April meeting to 40% with two weeks to go to 68% a week before and up to 75% just days before the Easter break. The Australian dollar's ...

Market wrap

AAP | TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015

... sectors making gains. Banking and dividend-paying stocks are the main beneficiaries ahead of the central bank's April meeting on Tuesday, Phillip Capital senior client adviser Michael Heffernan says. "When the whole market jumped out of the gate with ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014

... order of around six months or that type of thing". She learned her lesson well. There was none of that in the 29-30 April meeting, just assurances... "In determining how long to maintain the current 0 to 1/4 percent target range for the federal funds ...

That anxious wait

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012

... these jitters have blinded investors to the good that's still out there. Nobody wants to hear that in their 24-25 April meeting, the US Federal Reserve noted that, "The incoming information led some participants to become more confident about the durability ...

Market Wrap

AAP | TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012

... minutes of its April board meeting at 1130 AEST. The central bank left the cash rate unchanged at 4.25 per cent at its April meeting. Mr Smith said the April minutes were expected to give an indication the RBA was likely to lower the cash rate in May. ...

Contagion has already happened

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010

... the US Federal Reserve has again repeated that money will remain cheap/free for an "extended period." After its April meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) said in a statement that, " Economic conditions, including low rates of resource utilisation ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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