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Reserve Bank of Australia tipped to leave rates on hold

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
... analysts are predicting a rise in the next month or two. Australia's central bank will announce the result of its board meeting at 0930 (AEST) today. Some economists believe the Reserve should be concerned with Australia's widening trade gap despite ...

NAB CFO joins the list of bank departures

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
... meeting and consider resolutions submitted by dissident director Catharine Walter. NAB also announced after the board meeting that McKinnnon will leave the bank after it reports its half year results in May. Chairman Graham Kraehe described McKinnon\'s ...

NAB calls off crisis board meeting

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2004
The beleaguered National Australia Bank yesterday called off a planned crisis meeting of the bank's board so lawyers could pore over proposed resolutions put forward by dissident director Catherine Walter. A spokesman for NAB said the meeting was postponed ...

RBA leaves rates unchanged, needs more time: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
... economy, economists said today. The central bank today left the cash rate at 5.25%, following yesterday's March board meeting, the second consecutive meeting in which the board left interest rates unchanged. The RBA lifted interest rates in both November ...

Australians save pennies in anticipation of rate rise: Wizard

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2004
Half of Australia's borrowers are expecting another interest rate rise following the Reserve Bank's board meeting today, a survey shows. The central bank is holding its March board meeting today, and economists are divided over whether the bank will ...

ANZ on track for market expectations of earnings growth

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2004
... continuing the banking sector's return to more specific profit guidance. The statement, issued after a routine monthly board meeting and ahead of a March 11 analysts briefing on its New Zealand operations, signified a change from a general reluctance ...

RBA rate hikes not over despite steady call: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
... hike isn't around the corner, economists warned. The RBA today kept its key interest rate steady at 5.25% after its board meeting yesterday. The majority of economists forecast that the central bank would pause this month after two rate hikes in November ...

Four NAB currency dealers suspended

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2004
... trades, believed to have begun in October last year, were only discovered yesterday, culminating in an emergency board meeting. The trades were conducted by three junior Melbourne-based staff and one middle-ranked British employee.

Three further mandates to be considered at TelstraSuper's board meeting

... member $7.4 billion TelstraSuper fund has announced that it will give consideration to three further mandates at its board meeting to be held on 9 December 2003. According to reliable sources at TelstraSuper, the fund is seeking ways to expand its membership ...

RBA moves to increase interest rates by 25 basis points

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2003
... Australia today moved to increase the cash rate by 0.25 percentage points to 5.25 per cent. The move, after the RBA board meeting yesterday, follows an 0.25 percentage point increase last month. The RBA said the decision comes as economic conditions ...