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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... The NZX-50 index closed down 44.19 points, or 1.45 per cent, at 3,004.19. In early trade this morning, at 0812 AEDT, 12 minutes after market open, the NZ market had fallen over one per cent, by 34.32 points to 2,969.87.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... Share Price Index contract was 135 points lower at 4,692. In news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia will release the minutes from its last meeting. Alesco Corporation Ltd and Golden Rim Resources will hold annual general meetings. In Perth, Chevron ...

Whac-a-mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... institutions, smaller ones silently fold up but nonetheless, create a nasty ripple effect on the economy. Australia: The minutes of the RBA's Board meeting in September - where it delivered the first interest rate cut in seven years -- will be this week's ...

US payrolls jitters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
... same old for the BoE. The UK central bank kept its benchmark interest rate steady at 5 per cent. It is likely that the minutes of the September meeting will reveal the same 3-way split that characterised the July and August meetings. During these meetings ...

A$ backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... combined with the US Federal Reserve's steady to tightening bias, have not helped the Australian dollar's caused either. The minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) August meeting, released last night -- show that the Fed 'did not see the ...

Capex & Credit at the forefront

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 24 AUG 2008
... week, markets will receive updates on the US housing market, durable goods orders, the personal consumption deflator and minutes from 5 August Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting. Expectations are for some improvement in these indicators but ...

Dovish RBA minutes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
As expected, the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's monetary policy meeting held on 5 August reiterated earlier RBA comments suggesting that there is scope to lower interest rates given the slowdown in demand in the Australian economy. As with ...

Lower, higher, steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... slowdown in the Australian economy in the coming months, confirming the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) comments in the minutes of its 5 August Board meeting. The annual rate of growth in the leading index has decelerated from a 10-year high of 6.1 ...

More worries for US financials

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... ignore high inflation as it tries to steer the economy away from a recession. In Australia, markets will scrutinise the RBA minutes for indications that will reinforce present speculation that the central bank will cut interest rates very soon.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... Australia issues its state and national outlook for the June quarter, and the Reserve Bank of Australia will release the minutes of its August 5 board meeting. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases data on merchandise imports for July, and the ...