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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... news, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets on Tuesday for its monthly monetary policy meeting and decision on the cash rate. The RBA cut the official interest rate, by 25 basis points each time, in both of its last two meetings, bringing the cash ...

Nice one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... The RBA has already cut interest rates by 50 basis points each in November and December last year taking the official cash rate down to 4.25%. Financial markets expect the Australian central bank to announce another 25bps rate reduction when it holds ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... are down after a survey found consumer confidence dropped to its lowest level since August, despite two consecutive cash rate cuts by the central bank. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment fell by 8.3 per cent in December. That ...

UBS: Stocks gaining momentum

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... pessimistic but in the background cyclical indicators will improve, which may even limit the extent of the RBA to trim the cash rate below the 4% mark. "Maybe they [RBA] will go lower because demand is weak for money or the currency doesn't come down ...

PIGS!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... just as well that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut interest rates when they did -- the RBA lowered the official cash rate to 4.25% from 4.5% yesterday. It may have taken the Financial Times report leaking that Standard & Poor's is gonna go on ...

RBA right to cut rates and correct to hold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... with, according to Bloomberg's polling, 13 out of 25 economists betting the RBA would cut by 25 bps taking the official cash rate to 4.25% today - the other half expects no change. There's one thing that stands out here - and that's only 25 economists ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... a strong rise on Tuesday after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board meeting gave no indication it would cut the cash rate again after its cut at the November 1 meeting. However, on Tuesday night, Australian time, increased pessimism about the eurozone ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... Italy. The Australian dollar had already lost ground on Tuesday afternoon after the Reserve Bank of Australia cut the cash rate from 4.75 per cent to 4.5 per cent and following the release of weaker than expected Chinese manufacturing figures. HiFX senior ...

Cup Day: Aussies to win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... 96% probability that the Australian central bank will announce a 25 bps reduction on 1 November, taking the official cash rate down to 4.5%. And the odds get even better if you consider that the RBA has always made a move on interest rates on Melbourne ...

La Trobe earns mortgage ratings boost

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... mortgages. The fund is "suited to those seeking capital stability and an income return which should solidly exceed the cash rate through investment cycles," according to Dugald Higgins, analyst, Zenith. The La Trobe PMO operates a co-investment model ...