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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. ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
US financial markets took a beating overnight with the stock market, the bond market and the US dollar all retreating. The S&P 500 index fell by 1.8 per cent - the worst performance since January 20, the Dow Jones average fell by a similar 1.8 per cent ...

Allco adds two to team ahead of new products

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
Allco Funds Management (AFM) group has beefed up its sales team, appointing a new head of distribution and a new director of retail distribution ahead of the launch of several new core asset products, which will include a local and international infrastructure ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will meet again tomorrow to deliberate on domestic monetary policy settings. Financial markets expect the RBA not to immediately follow-up last month's 25-basis point rate hike, which took the official cash rate to ...

Emerging markets out, Japan in

The latest weekly report by US-based Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR) revealed that investors are bailing out of the market with $10 billion of outflows on equity funds tracked by the group in the week ending May 24. The research firm also reported ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open sharply lower as weakness in global equity markets paints a bleak picture for the domestic bourse. While precious metal and oil prices both made slight gains overnight, weaker equity markets - with European ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly firmer although there is a distinct lack of leads generated from offshore. With US and UK markets closed on MOnday, base metal, oil and precious metal markets were untraded, as were stock markets. ...

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 ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2006
The Bank of Canada raised interest rates by 25 basis points to 4.25 per cent - the highest they have been since August 2001 and the seventh consecutive hike in the country's official interest rates. In the US, interest rate watchers will welcome the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2006
The Australian share market should open strongly as a massive rebound on base metal prices, coupled with further gains in the precious metal and oil markets should ensure a resource-led recovery in the domestic bourse today. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...