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A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... you, I and Irene can be thankful for, and that is the Australian dollar is falling. Hip, hip... The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has found itself engaged in this new currency war - triggered by China's recent devaluation of the yuan - without firing ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... We can blame it on the Rio... but it could never, never be us. For, according to the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) August Board meeting, "Domestically, economic activity had generally been more positive over recent months." Likewise ...

Indian economy accelerating/slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
It wasn't only the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) that didn't surprise with its unchanged policy decision yesterday, that other reserve bank did too. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced no change in policy settings following the conclusion of ...

RBA to deliver nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
Our very own Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will hold its monthly Board meeting today to deliberate on the economy's monetary policy setting. This month looks easy-peasy for the RBA. Keep the official cash rate steady at 2.0% plus a few minor tweaks ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... September share price index futures contract was up nine points at 5,623. In local economic news on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia is due to release financial aggregates for June while the Housing Industry Association trades report for the March quarter ...

A question of trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... of Statistics' (ABS) CPI report for the June quarter has heated up speculations of whether or not the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would cut interest rates once (or twice?) more. First the stats: annual headline CPI inflation was clocked at 1.5% in ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... share price index futures contract was down 27 points at 5,619. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is slated to speak at an Anika Foundation event in Sydney. Meanwhile, the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,652. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia's monthly board meeting minutes are expected while the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey is also due out. Meanwhile ...

Prime Value launches fund for SIVs, SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... Plus Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of income-producing securities and seeks to outperform the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) cash rate with minimal risk of capital loss. "The strategy is popular with investors who want a defensive, cash-like ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... share price index futures contract was down 29 points at 5,368. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases the index of commodity prices and the Australian Bureau of Statistics posts building approvals figures, both for ...