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Midday Market Wrap: Market boosted by healthy offshore gains

... marginally weaker at noon as traders wait on the sidelines in anticipation of Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Ian Macfarlane's speech in Melbourne tonight. At 1200 AEDT the yield on the Commonwealth Government May 2013 bond was steady at 5.925 ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar stronger after hitting new six-year high

... Melbourne Institute will hand down its November inflation expectations survey. Reserve Bank of Australia governor Ian Macfarlane speaks in Melbourne at the Economic Outlook Conference, while the same city will host the BHP Billiton, Austereo and Daily ...

Midday market wrap: Shares, bonds both ease on stronger US data

... chiefly the RBA announcements and US Fed speakers." NAB strategists said the market was also awaiting RBA Governor Ian Macfarlane's speech on Thursday night and expected a signal for further rate hikes. The Australian dollar opened stronger today after ...

Home lending boom still strong in June: ABS

... months. The sudden revival in lending co-incides with earlier suggestions from Reserve Bank of Australia governor Ian Macfarlane that the bank effectively had a bias towards cutting interest rates. The number of loans for the purchase of established ...

Reserve Bank keeps interest rates on hold for 14th month in a row

... clear indications that there would be no cut this month. Yesterday's board meeting was the first since governor Ian Macfarlane was appointed for a second term. -with AAP

Australian economists expect RBA to leave rates unchanged in August

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2003
... since the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) moved the official cash rate from 4.75 per cent and most experts believe Ian Macfarlane and his board can afford to extend that streak. Economists said this timeframe - the third longest period of rates on hold ...

Costello reappoints Macfarlane RBA governor

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Ian Macfarlane has been reappointed to lead the central bank for another three years, Federal Treasurer Peter Costello said today. Mr Costello said Mr Macfarlane would serve until September 2006, making him the ...

ACCI endorses RBA chief's comments on labour market reform

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) chief Governor Ian Macfarlane has made a timely contribution to the case for further labour market reform, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has reported. Governor Macfarlane listed seven economic ...

Westfield chairman reappointed to RBA board

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2003
... asset to the board." Mr Lowy is the only current RBA board member to predate the coalition. Reserve Bank Governor Ian Macfarlane's term is also due to expire on September 17 this year, but Mr Costello has hinted he could be reappointed. The RBA board ...

ASIC to crackdown on 'get-rich-quick' schemes

... surveillance investigation later in the year, it has announced. Last Friday Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Ian Macfarlane called for a crackdown on get-rich-quick seminars run by real estate agents. "ASIC certainly has strong concerns as to ...