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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... cent. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand sharemarket posted modest gains after offshore markets rose and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) said the current level of the official cash rate was likely to remain appropriate for some time. The benchmark NZX-50 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... Zealand share market ended little changed on Wednesday ahead of an official cash rate review by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand on Thursday and statements by the Federal Reserve due overnight. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed up 5.56 points, or 0.159 ...

Oil central bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... sway sentiment one way or the other. And those that had significance provided no kinder surprise. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand cut interest rates by 50 bps back to its GFC level of 2.50 per cent. This is no longer big news nor RBNZ Governor Alan Bollard's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... Zealand sharemarket failed to keep pace with markets in Asia today as investors waited to see if the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) will cut the official cash rate (OCR) on Thursday. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed down 6.748 points, or 0.197 percent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... other markets were weak as many investors anticipated that the official cash rate will be cut by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand on Thursday, making investments in shares more attractive. Many economists are expecting the Reserve Bank will cut the OCR ...

A "race to the bottom" in currencies

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
... currency," said John Horner, foreign exchange strategist at Deutsche Bank in Sydney. Yesterday, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand issued a surprisingly dovish policy statement while overnight the Swiss National Bank, heretofore the only "G10" monetary ...

Going nowhere fast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... reconciling these for instance: Japan revving up its quantitative easing versus the Bank of Canada and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's interest rate hikes; speculation of a slowdown in China and the Chinese property market is in a bubble versus not ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... interest rates. India's central bank has already hiked twice since March this year. Just yesterday, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand raised its cash rate to 2.75 per cent from 2.5 per cent - the first since 2007. Financial markets expect a further eight ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... havens. Aside from global factors, investors were sensitive to references to fragile global markets in a Reserve Bank of New Zealand financial stability report. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed down 29.8 points, or 0.95 per cent, at 3,121.88.

Expect the unexpected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... Korea produced no changed in monetary policy last week. Echoing the G-20, the Bank of Canada and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand even went so far as declaring that interest rates would remain at present levels until the second half of next year. Minutes ...