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Higher interest rates ahead

... higher during the current expansion," the Reserve Bank said in its statement this morning. According to RBA Governor Ian Macfarlane the Australian economy is in the fourteenth year of an expansion and it is now becoming 'increasingly clear' that spare ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2005
... volume of 945 contracts. Today the market will be focused on testimony from Reserve Bank of Australia governor Ian MacFarlane, and will be looking for any indication of timing in relation to interest rate rises. As well, Zinifex, UNiTAB and Alchemia ...

Report calls for tougher limits on RBA board members

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2004
... umbrella as the big banks, and for a new tool to measure house prices. Earlier this year, Reserve Bank governor Ian Macfarlane blocked board member Warwick McKibbin from taking an outside advisory role with a property investment fund. The Reserve Bank\'s ...

RBA says forecasting 3.75% growth in 2004

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2004
The Reserve Bank was tipping economic growth for 2004 to come in at 3.75%, governor Ian Macfarlane said today. He said growth for calendar year 2003 had come in higher than expected at 3.9%, but had slowed in the first quarter of 2004. "Our forecast ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2004
... on a volume of 697 contracts. Today, the focus of the market will be on the Reserve Bank of Australia governor Ian Macfarlane, who fronts a parliamentary committee to discuss the RBA and the Australian economy.

Home lending picks up again in March: RBA

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2004
... rises late last year, sparking hopes no further action would be needed by the central bank. But Reserve Bank boss Ian Macfarlane said two weeks ago the jury was still out on whether lending had slowed to a sustainable level, and today's figures reinforce ...

Macfarlane expects interest rate differential with US to narrow

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Ian Macfarlane said last night that the gap between Australian and US interest rates would narrow over the next six to 12 months. During questions after delivering the inaugural Di Yerbury Economic and Financial Studies ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004
... currencies including the Australian dollar. Yesterday in an official address Reserve Bank of Australia governor Ian Macfarlane said the gap between Australian and US interest rates would narrow over the next six to 12 months. Mr Macfarlane said the US ...

All eyes this week on RBA governor speech: economists

Reserve Bank Governor Ian Macfarlane will this week outline the global economy's impact on Australia, with analysts watching hawkishly for any indication of future policy. With the RBA deciding last week to hold official interest rates, there will be ...

Bank defends boss on credit card bill

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
Australia's central bank today strongly defended its boss Ian Macfarlane over a $249,000 bill from his taxpayer-funded credit card. A newspaper report said the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor clocked up the bill of $249,265, which included ...