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RBA zeroes in on balance sheets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... banks' and household balance sheets - rather than indicators such as credit or rising house prices - are a key focus for the RBA, assistant governor Michele Bullock said. Bullock told this morning's Bloomberg address on the risks facing Australia's economy ...

Steady as she grows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5% -- where it had been since August last year -- while at the same time offering a positive outlook on the global and domestic economy. Not only has the RBA ...

First of three (or more) coming next week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... Fed risks instilling doubt over the US economic outlook if it doesn't raise rates next week. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), which holds its policy meeting today, is not expected to alter current interest rates settings.

Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... 5.7% (January 2017) to 5.5% by the end of 2017 and 5.3% next year. This is at the low end of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) end-2017 growth forecasts of 2.5%-3.5% and 2.75%-3.75% in 2018 (published in its February 2017 monetary policy statement). ...

Good credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... annual headline CPI inflation rate jumped to 1.8% in January (from 1.1% in the previous month) and appears headed for the RBA's 2.0% target, it had been boosted by rising fuel and food prices. The core inflation rate remained at a low 0.9% in January ...

In search of that elusive Australian animal spirit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... holiday penalty rates for hospitality, restaurant, fast food, retail and pharmacy workers threw another spanner in the works for RBA Governor Philip Lowe's positive outlook on wages the day before. One that's been almost instantaneously contradicted ...

The power of optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... pick-up in wage growth is imminent, but nor does it suggest that a further slowing is in prospect." Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe said this in his prepared remarks at the 'Australia-Canada Economic Leadership Forum' in Sydney on ...

Bump in business confidence and conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... market". However, should the January business survey's bullish result prove more enduring, it would dash speculations for more RBA rate cuts this year. More so, given rising inflation indications in last months' survey. Labour costs pick up at a quarterly ...

Margin lending investors keen to borrow more

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... debt outstanding fell by 5% in the 12 months to 30 June 2016 - to 63,738 and $11.8 billion respectively, according to the RBA. As at July and August 2016, the average investor was expecting the share market to deliver capital gains of 2.6% in the next ...

RBA joins the bulls in central bank shop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... and following the lead from the three big central banks - BOJ, Fed, BOE - that met last week, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5% while at the same time offering a positive outlook on the global and domestic ...

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