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The looming inflationary upswing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... that long term water prices may double and fuel prices may triple. Yesterday, the Reserve Bank in its monetary policy statement said, "There is tentative evidence that some moderation in household demand is beginning to occur, with business and consumer ...

Economic round-up: Kiwis at war with inflation

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
... had nothing to do with offering a rate premium to try and sell more Kiwi bonds. "As stated in our June Monetary Policy Statement, we regard current levels of the exchange rate as exceptional and unjustified in terms of the economic fundamentals." Dr ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
... price index contract was down 27 points at 5881. In economic news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia's monetary policy statement is due and the AOFM bond tender announcement is due at midday. On the equities front, Fairfax Media, United Group, Bendigo ...

Daily economic update

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2006
In its quarterly monetary policy statement last Friday the RBA hinted that further rate increases in the near term were still a possibility because of the buoyancy of the housing market, where it said that conditions had picked up in the first six months ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2005
... points firmer at 4172 on a volume of 930 contracts. Today the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its monetary policy statement and ANZ releases its Job Ads Survey. On the equities front, Austar and Centro release earnings while National Australia Bank ...

Australian housing approvals flattening out at high level: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2004
... on hold longer than the short-term period flagged by the (central) bank on Monday." In its quarterly monetary policy statement on Monday the RBA said there was no urgency for rates to rise at this stage but that the economy was likely to require higher ...

RBA decision to leave rates expected and clear cut: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
... incredible surge in house prices over the last six to seven years." Mr Koukoulas also said Friday's monetary policy statement by the RBA was always important, as the central bank rarely talked to the market. He said the RBA would not want to indicate ...

New Zealand central bank lifts interest rates 25 basis points

... remain strong and annual inflation looks set to rise over the year ahead, as we projected in our March Monetary Policy Statement," he said. A key factor in the decision to lift rates was seen as the sharp fall in the currency to about US62 cents yesterday ...

Market Wrap

... yesterday rising by more than one US cent following the release of the Reserve Bank of Australia's quarterly monetary policy statement. At 0700 AEDT the local currency was trading at $US0.7755/60 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7759/64. The local ...

RBA to leave interest rates unchanged predicts ICAP

... force the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to cut interest rates, ICAP said. ICAP noted the RBA's May Monetary Policy Statement said that interest rates are still close to historical lows and businesses are clearly not constrained by the cost and availability ...
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