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Conditions and confidence collide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... and well over its long-run average of plus 5. Well, that is clearly surprising, is it not? Crystal. RBA Governor Glenn Stevens A may have finally made the horse drink the water of cheap funding. But whoa boy, hold your horses! While NAB says that the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... contract was down 28 points at 5,349. Locally, in economic news on Thursday, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is scheduled to address the annual general meeting of the Australian Payments and Clearing Association in Sydney. The National ...

Chocolate biscuits and animal spirits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... a they try to discern the outlook for the Australian economy. 'Animal spirits' is, of course, what RBA Governor Glenn Stevens said was "... the thing that is most needed now" but "is something monetary policy can't directly cause." in his address to ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases job vacancies data for August, while Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is slated to speak at the Melbourne Economic Forum at Melbourne University. The HIA-Cordell Construction Outlook Breakfast ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases job vacancies data for August, while Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is slated to speak at the Melbourne Economic Forum at Melbourne University. The HIA-Cordell Construction Outlook Breakfast ...

Flatline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... weakening below US$0.75? That's not bad news. A lower dollar-A is just what Australia needs, the prescription RBA Gov Glenn Stevens has been ordering for many, many moons now. A trip down memory lane shows how the dollar-A's depreciation deflected not ...

RBA to business: release the animal in you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... ailments, I retorted. My own tit-for-tat with the "medically-learned one" came to mind as I was reading RBA Governor Glenn Stevens' "Opening Statement to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics" in Brisbane yesterday (and the Q&A transcripts) ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... per barrel and the spot price of gold was down $US3.82 to $US1,295.38. Locally, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens will give testimony to the House of Representatives economics committee. And there is another round of companies reporting ...

RBA leaves interest rates on hold

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... a record low of 2.5 per cent for 12 months. In a statement accompanying the RBA's August rate decision, governor Glenn Stevens maintained his familiar phrase that "the most prudent course is likely to be a period of stability in interest rates". Continued ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... on Gaza, have dampened investor sentiment. In local economic news on Tuesday, Reserve Banks of Australia governor Glenn Stevens addresses the Anika Foundation Luncheon in Sydney, while the RBA's assistant governor (financial markets), Guy Debelle, is ...