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Reform summit must keep momentum: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... incomes." The event was also addressed by federal Treasurer Joe Hockey, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens.

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... percent... There should be no ambiguity on the willingness and ability of the Governing Council to act if needed." BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda is scheduled to speak today and more likely than not, he'll be echoing Peter's words. Or perhaps, Kuroda san ...

Indian economy accelerating/slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... despite government pressure for it to lower interest rates - which at 7.25% are among the highest in Asia - some more. RBI governor Raghuram Rajan explanation for maintaining interest rates at current settings, "Given that policy action was front-loaded ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up 33 points at 5,606. In local economic news, Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens is speaking at the Boao Forum for Asia Financial Cooperation Conference in Sydney. The Australian Bureau ...

RBNZ tries to turn the turn in NZ economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... June and 23 July that took the official cash rate down to 3.0%... and expectations of more to come. According to RBNZ governor Graeme Wheeler, "New Zealand's economy is currently growing at an annual rate of around 2.5 percent, supported by low interest ...

Capital Group chairman passes away

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... the boards of the California Institute of Technology, the RAND Corporation and Huntington Memorial Hospital, and was a governor of the Investment Company Institute. "His intellect, passion and energy were the source of inspiration to all of us and to ...

A question of trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
Funny that. Funny that on the same day that RBA Governor Glenn Stevens addressed the Anika Foundation Luncheon in Sydney and told his audience that, "One of the features of much regular discussion of macroeconomic policy, and monetary policy in particular ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... index futures contract was down 27 points at 5,619. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is slated to speak at an Anika Foundation event in Sydney. Meanwhile, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is ...

Lift-off on Carney's mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
It's now safe to go back in the waters... This, perhaps, was what's in Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney mind when, a day after news of the Greek deal, he told the UK Treasury select committee that: "The point at which interest rates may begin ...

Chexit, Checcident and Chimbo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... A$ rebounded to above US$0.80 almost immediately after the cut interest rates to a record low 2% back in May because Governor Glenn didn't wink, wink, nudge, nudge that there would be a follow up cut? It couldn't be Grexit, or the prospect of it. If ...