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Record adviser numbers attend Sydney ABDO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... country. The fact is our interest rates are where they are because the US and Europe are at 0% - the Reserve Bank of Australia is more concerned about what happens to the currency due to that yield differential than they are about arduously low interest ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) update on residential property prices brought home the Reserve Bank of Australia's current concerns and noted in its March monetary policy statement: "Conditions in the housing market vary considerably around ...

Westpac deputy chief executive retires

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... institutional bank from 2002. He joined Westpac in 1996 as head of foreign exchange and began his career at the Reserve Bank of Australia before moving to Citicorp and AIDC Limited. Chief executive Brian Hartzer said Westpac had benefited from Coffey's ...

Steady as she grows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5% -- where it had been since August last year -- while at the same time offering a positive outlook on the global and domestic economy. Not only has the RBA ...

First of three (or more) coming next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... The Fed risks instilling doubt over the US economic outlook if it doesn't raise rates next week. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), which holds its policy meeting today, is not expected to alter current interest rates settings.

Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... from 5.7% (January 2017) to 5.5% by the end of 2017 and 5.3% next year. This is at the low end of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) end-2017 growth forecasts of 2.5%-3.5% and 2.75%-3.75% in 2018 (published in its February 2017 monetary policy statement). ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... pick-up in wage growth is imminent, but nor does it suggest that a further slowing is in prospect." Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe said this in his prepared remarks at the 'Australia-Canada Economic Leadership Forum' in Sydney on ...

ANZ appoints wealth CIO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... years at UBS in senior economics and global asset management roles and a decade as an economist for the Reserve Bank of Australia. In the new role Rider will be responsible for the delivery of all aspects of ANZ's investment strategy, including asset ...

RBA joins the bulls in central bank shop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... expected, and following the lead from the three big central banks - BOJ, Fed, BOE - that met last week, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5% while at the same time offering a positive outlook on the global ...

A bump up in credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... business conditions (see "Five minutes of sunshine?" report in this section), should be allayed by the Reserve Bank of Australia's private sector credit report. Total private sector credit increased by 0.7% in the month of December - the fastest monthly ...