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US economic growth likely, but less than Fed expectations: ICAP

In its latest weekly economic update released today, ICAP's economists have said that the outlook for the US economy shows better growth is imminent soon, however there was no obvious catalyst for really strong growth. ICAP has cited the fact that the ...

Local rate cut still possible: ICAP

... mend, and global bond markets will continue to feel the ripples over the balance of 2003, according to interdealer broker ICAP. But ICAP says the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will maintain an easing bias through this period, and could even cut rates ...

Growing US current account deficit burden may fall on Asian currencies: ICAP

In the latest ICAP weekly insight released today, the focus was primarily on the US current account deficit, which at its unsustainably high level would require a large share of global capital to finance it. The ICAP report also highlighted the fact ...

Global bonds sell-off from their unsustainable levels: ICAP

In its weekly economic insight released today, ICAP reported that a major correction in global bond markets has begun, and that it remains unlikely that bond yields will reach their June lows again in this cycle. ICAP mentioned that the only rationale ...

$A at 5-year high after RBA decision

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2003
... "My guess, their decision is linked to property, property, property," said TD Securities chief economist Stephen Koukoulas. ICAP chief economist Dr Ric Simes said the RBA had apparently decided that it had not seen sufficient evidence that credit and ...

RBA may cut interest rates, economy set to weaken: ICAP

... interest rates soon, as the balance of risks slowly tilts and the economy looks set to weaken more than expected, the latest ICAP weekly insight has forecasted. "In its testimony to the House of Representatives Committee last Friday, the Reserve Bank ...

RBA leaves interest rates at 4.75 per cent

... leave rates unchanged for, perhaps, the next six months and then to start to consider when to lift rates back to 'neutral'," ICAP chief economist Ric Simes said. "We have to wait until Friday when the RBA appears before the House of Reps Committee to ...

RBA to leave interest rates unchanged predicts ICAP

... (EMU), New Zealand and Sweden will decide to cut interest rates following their monetary policy meetings this week, today's ICAP weekly insight has predicted. However, growth will not slow far enough or for long enough to force the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Rising dollar advances case for interest rate cut: ICAP

... Australia (RBA) closer to easing interest rates in the second half of the year, according to Dr Ric Simes, chief economist at ICAP. Dr Simes said that since the RBA's last meeting in early May, the Federal Treasury has provided a slightly gloomier assessment ...

Budget will set the tone for upcoming economic debates: ICAP

... sizeable immediate impact on financial markets, but it will set the tone for some of the economic debate in coming months, ICAP chief economist Dr Ric Simes has predicted. The two most watched numbers will be the budget surplus and the growth forecast ...