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Daily Economic Update

... cent. The RBA will hold its first meeting for 2006 in February. Financial markets offered no dissenting voice to the RBA Board's decision, particularly in light of the softer economic picture depicted by the release of third quarter Australian National ...

Daily Economic Update

... should support fourth quarter growth although it will not have any significant implication on monetary policy as yet. The RBA Board meets today and is expected to keep interest rates steady.

Weekly economic roundup

... Although now considered a non-event (because of past rhetoric), financial markets would this week focus on Tuesday's RBA Board meeting and its policy announcement the following day. Australian building approvals, trade balance and the Cashcard retail ...

Economic roundup

... week, underscored by Australian reports on June quarter GDP, employment, wages, company profits, housing finance and the RBA Board meeting (where it is not expected to change policy settings). Meanwhile, in offshore markets, three central banks - the ...

Interest rates may rise after CPI increase

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2005
... case for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to raise rates, which have stood at 5.25 per cent since December 2003. The RBA board next meets to consider interest rate settings on February 1. AMP Capital Investors senior economist Bob Cunneen said there ...

RBA delivers Christmas cheer to homeowners

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2004
... confidence figures, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics will publish its latest update on home loan figures. The RBA board will next meet in February to consider whether to rise interest rates or not. Economists expect the RBA will leave rates ...

Report calls for tougher limits on RBA board members

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2004
Central bank board members should be banned from any role with finance companies, including mortgage brokers and investment trusts, the influential parliamentary economics committee has recommended. The committee also called for mortgage brokers and ...

Vaile warns RBA board on impact of dollar

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia board had to take into consideration the strong dollar and its impact on exporters when it next meets, Trade Minister Mark Vaile said. Mr Vaile said a further rise in interest rates would only strengthen the Australian ...

RBA moves to increase interest rates by 25 basis points

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2003
... Bank of Australia today moved to increase the cash rate by 0.25 percentage points to 5.25 per cent. The move, after the RBA board meeting yesterday, follows an 0.25 percentage point increase last month. The RBA said the decision comes as economic conditions ...

RBA expected to hold rates, but hikes will come

... 2002. The strength of domestic spending and employment coupled with a recovering global economy would have pleased the RBA board in September, according to Macquarie Bank senior economist Brian Redican. But a stronger Australian dollar keeping inflation ...