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RBA holds rates but deploys rhetoric as magic pudding

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... he was surprised by what he described as a very explicit statement on the part of the RBA. "It's well known that central banks cut rates when they are trying to get investors to add risk, but it is surprising that Stevens is saying that in his statement. ...

ETP flows eclipse 2011 totals

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... emerging market equities, China exposures led, followed by broad emerging market exchange traded products (ETPs). Central banks in China and Brazil have aggressively lowered interest rates in 2012. Investors hedged risk by putting money into gold as ...

Good not great but getting better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... another global growth downgrade by the IMF. They returned with only a hope and a prayer that maybe, just maybe, the central banks would print more dough. We all know the Fed, the ECB and the BOJ all did - they answered the markets' prayers. Still, there ...

QE results in currency wars

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... Fed, the Bank of England, Bank of Japan, and Swiss National Bank." In just four years the balance sheets of the G3 central banks have expanded by US$5 trillion. Cobon noted that one of the direct consequences of this monetary printing machine has been ...

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... market for international trade. These are the very same reasons behind yesterday's interest rate reductions by the central banks of Brazil and South Korea. The Banco Central do Brazil cut the Selic rate by 25bps to 7.5% -- the lowest since December 1997 ...

Woe R'Us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... our glorious southern star; We've risen to "high renown and shine" that, according to the RBA, 15 of the world's central banks have included/increased the Australian dollar in their reserves of foreign exchange reserves - including the National Bank ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... underperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. But not India. Its stock market has outperformed since the first of the major central banks' QE announcement - big time. The Sensex 30 index is up a full 9% to date. This is despite the Asian Development ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... What's wrong with this market? With so much liquidity being pumped into the system by three of the world's major central banks - the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan - markets appear unconvinced. Wall Street was down ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... London Bullion Market, down from $US1,784.50. HONG KONG - Asian markets mostly fell as the recent rally fuelled by central banks' stimulus plans petered out, while there were fears over Greece's ability to meet requirements to get more bailout cash. ...

Market Wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... points. HONG KONG - Asian markets have risen, rebounding from the previous day's losses, as stimulus moves by the central banks of the United States, Europe and Japan outweighed another round of weak economic data. Shares looked set for a positive end ...