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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... mainly a result of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) announcement of a 25 basis point reduction in the official cash rate to a record low 1.75% on the 3rd of May. The Westpac-MI survey was conducted in the week from 2 may to 7 May. All components ...

RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... (RBA) surprise (well, to about half of the central bank's watchers at least) 25 basis point reduction in the official cash rate to a record low 1.75% on the 3rd of May following the "shock" domestic inflation numbers for the March quarter. Not only this ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... outlook on the economy and that we're it not for the "shocking" inflation report, it wouldn't have cut the official cash rate down to a record low 1.75% two days ago. The country's trade deficit narrowed to A$2.16 billion in March, down 29% from February's ...

Down, down prices are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... day's close of US$0.7749 after yesterday's CPI report increased the probability that the RBA would cut the official cash rate (currently at 2.0%) at its 3 May Board meeting from 14% to 50%. Sharp price drops in automotive fuel (down 10.0%) and fruit ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... complicate progress in activity rebalancing towards the non-mining sectors of the economy." Expectations that the official cash rate would remain unchanged - because "Members judged that there were reasonable prospects for continued growth in the economy ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... provides added scope for the New Zealand central bank to again cut interest rates. The RBNZ last reduced the official cash rate by 25 bps on the 10th of March to a record low 2.25%. The core inflation rate stood at 0.42% in the year to the March quarter ...

Housing market set to flat line not crash: QIC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... interest rates, both of which the company believes do not have a high level of risk. Rather, QIC argues that both RBA cash rate cuts and independent rate moves are imminent before the cycle turns and will ease pressures on the housing market. "Our view ...

Pengana absolute return fund shifts to daily pricing

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... half years, compared to 2% per annum returns from the Asia Pacific equity markets and the Reserve Bank of Australia's cash rate of 3% per annum," Kumra added. Pengana manages around $1.7 billion in assets across six established equity strategies focusing ...

BondAdviser launches new portfolio on HUB24

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... stability and has low portfolio volatility. The BondAdviser Income Plus Portfolio has an investment benchmark of the RBA cash rate plus 1.5 per cent and an Investment Management Fee of 0.25% p.a. (inc. GST). BondAdviser head of research, Nicholas Yaxley ...

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... anything but powerless. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's (RNBZ) unexpected 25 basis point reduction that took the official cash rate down to 2.25% last Thursday (10th of March) sent the NZ$ down by 0.9% against the US dollar on the week for a total ...