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RBA decision to leave rates expected and clear cut: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to leave rates unchanged today was largely expected by the market and pretty clear cut, economists said today. At 0930 AEST the RBA announced it would leave rates at 5.25%, following its board meeting yesterday. ...

Reserve Bank of Australia tipped to leave rates on hold

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
The Reserve Bank is tipped to leave interest rates on hold today but many analysts are predicting a rise in the next month or two. Australia's central bank will announce the result of its board meeting at 0930 (AEST) today. Some economists believe the ...

Economic growth likely slowed in March quarter: economists

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2004
Weaker domestic demand offset by a further improvement in net exports likely drove a mild slowing in Australia's economic growth during the March quarter. The AAP economic indicator for May shows gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to have grown ...

WTO Plea

Business groups from the US, Europe, Asia and Latin American urged political leaders today to face up to the difficult decisions needed to reach a new world trade deal. In a petition sent to members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the 35 business ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2004
In Sydney today, the Australian benchmark index is expected to open weaker in line with offshore markets on Friday night. All three US stockmarkets were weaker, with Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, France and the UK also surrendering ground on Friday. On ...

US interest rates likely to rise as inflation builds, poll finds

US economic growth is chugging along but worries about rising inflation pressures have fueled expectations the Federal Reserve will push up interest rates in the next few months. A Reuters poll taken on Thursday, after the first-quarter gross domestic ...

New Zealand central bank lifts interest rates 25 basis points

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) gave several reasons for not lifting interest rates yesterday and then lifted them anyway, an economist says. Lifting the official cash rate (OCR) by 25 basis points to 5.5% yesterday, RBNZ governor Alan Bollard ...

European interest rates to remain steady, ECB chief hints

The European Central Bank is positioning itself to keep interest rates steady at its monthly meeting next week despite growing uncertainty about eurozone growth prospects, its president hinted Tuesday along with several other ECB officials. "Although ...

ANZ posts record $1.4 billion first half profit

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2004
ANZ Banking Group Ltd today posted a record first half net profit of $1.396 billion and said the integration of the National Bank of New Zealand (NBNZ) was on track. The result for the six months to March 31, 2004 was a 22 per cent increase over the ...

WTO warns time running out

At a Geneva meeting of the WTO's 146 member states, including Australia, director-general Supachai Panitchpakdi welcomed a new willingness between delegates to discuss thorny topics such as farming but warned that time was running out. Last month, countries ...