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25 bps to win Melbourne Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
Two major Australian events are fast approaching - Melbourne Cup Day and the RBA Board meeting. With two weeks to go till 3 November, punters are already eagerly punting on either Viewed or Efficient to win and the RBA to lift interest rates by 25 or ...

Wage costs jump 4.3 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... 44 per cent of people believe they are unlikely to ever own their own home or have given up on the idea. Meanwhile, RBA board meeting minutes released this week show that a major concern is rising consumer spending, explaining why the RBA said following ...

Hard landing if we don't heed RBA warnings

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... move after that being priced in also albeit not at the same levels just yet, he said. The ABC yesterday reporting that RBA board meeting minutes reveal they "believed a 0.5 per cent rate rise would have sent a strong signal of its intention to act to ...

Pass the paracetamol

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... March quarter of next year, both headline and underlying measures of inflation are likely to be above 3 per cent." The RBA board have been very cautious in their approach to monetary policy over the past few years, mindful of not inhibiting growth, provided ...

The worm turns

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... inflation is too high to be consistent with the RBA's target band. Hence, interest rates would rise at the next 6 November RBA Board meeting. Bad news for the Government" Meanwhile many of Australia's big banks have already already started to re-price ...

A smoking gun for the RBA

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... With second quarter headline inflation surging past the expected 1 per cent rise and coming in at 1.2 per cent, the RBA board may have all the reason they need for another rate hike. According to Reuters economists' survey, August is the most popular ...

New deputy governor for RBA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
... assistant governor (financial markets). Treasurer Costello also announced the appointment of Graham Kraehe AO to the RBA board, also effective 14 February 2007 for a period of five years. He is also currently chairman of BlueScope Steel and a director ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
... meetings. The market also awaits the release of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) interest rate decision tomorrow. The RBA board is meeting today to vote on whether it will lift interest rates another 25 basis points to 6.25 per cent with the market ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2006
... dependence on foreign money to fund its ballooning current account deficit - currently around 7 per cent of GDP. No doubt the RBA Board is keeping a close eye on these developments as it deliberates on domestic monetary policy settings today. The Board ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2006
... Last week's domestic economic data releases lend credence to expectations for steady interest rates after tomorrow's RBA Board meeting. Latest updates released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed that while retail spending rose strongly ...