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RBA decision to leave rates unchanged no surprise

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
... expected interest rates to remain steady for the foreseeable future, until there were more signs the global economic recovery was gaining momentum. "The global pick-up has been very slow coming through and so I'd prefer to leave my rate forecast flat," ...

Global recovery will encourage growth in share markets

The economic recovery currently underway in most major regions is the first synchronised global recovery since 1994, according to Shane Oliver, head of investment strategy at AMP Capital Investors. This meant the upturn would likely become self-sustaining ...

US Federal Reserve holds key short-term rate at 1%

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2004
The Federal Reserve, not wanting to upset the economic recovery, held a main short-term interest rate at a 45-year low today. Wrapping up a two-day meeting - the first regularly scheduled session of the year - Fed chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar firms in early Asian trade

... the BOJ had reportedly sold 18 trillion yen to stop the strength of its currency from preventing an export-led economic recovery. JP Morgan analysts said with the Australian dollar slipping back through channel support they are wary that a larger US ...

Afternoon market wrap: shares dip lower

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2003
... surprisingly soft US jobs growth and a disappointing outlook from Intel Corp curbed optimism over the strength of the economic recovery. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 68.14 points to 9862.68 while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index finished ...

Midday market wrap: shares edge higher

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2003
... surprisingly soft US jobs growth and a disappointing outlook from Intel Corp curbed optimism over the strength of the economic recovery. The Dow Jones industrial average ended down 68.14 points at 9862.68. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index ended off 8.22 ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar pushes over 73 US cents

... slightly from yesterday's strong gains as investors chose to wait for further data on the pace of the United States economic recovery. In late overnight trade on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was four points weaker ...

Morning Market Wrap: New six-year high for dollar

... today, stocks should push ahead following upbeat sessions on offshore markets overnight amid signs of a strong economic recovery in the United States. On Wall Street stocks jumped in early trade as investors welcomed an economic report showing manufacturing ...

Credit grows at fastest pace in 14 years

... pressure elsewhere including the low inflation climate, the level of the Australian dollar and the early stages of economic recovery."

Economic recovery on track: OECD chief economist

The Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) chief economist Jean-Philippe Cotis has said that a palpable recovery has finally taken hold across the OECD. He said the strong momentum already achieved in Asia, North America and the ...