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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... share price index futures contract was up 39 points at 5,794. In local economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia is set to release its quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy. In equities news, News Corp is due to release quarterly results ...

Easing here, there and everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
And an easing here, an easing there, everywhere an easing... Just a day after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) joined the central bank surprise club and decided to ooh, ahh, "have what they're having", and two days after I typed on this space "and ...

Majority wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... in order for the six sages (out of 26 economists surveyed by Bloomberg) who correctly anticipated the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) verdict to cut interest rates by 25 bps to a historic low 2.25% yesterday. They're heroes! So much so, that the Australian ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
The Australian stock market is higher amid growing expectations the Reserve Bank of Australia will cut interest rates. The market is more than half a per cent higher, following strong gains from Wall Street and rising oil prices overnight. IG market ...

Taylor rules the RBA just right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
Go ahead Glenn, make our day! That's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens to us, thank you very much and the day... the day is the Australian central bank's first meeting for 2015. Despite "Roubini Global urges RBA to hold interest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... share price index futures contract was up 42 points at 5,613. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its monthly board meeting and makes interest rate decision. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases building approvals ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... deflation could be taking hold for the long term, EU data showed. In local economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia's index of commodity prices and the Australian Industry Group's performance of manufacturing (PMI) index, both for January ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... share price index futures contract was up 47 points at 5,553. In local economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia will its latest figures on outstanding loans for December. In equites news, Whitehaven Coal releases its half year results and ...

Government to blame for fall in business confidence

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... they have been in the money market last year." Despite the growing number of analysts that expect the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to cut interest rates in the coming months, Eslake predicted that "the next movement in interest rates will be upwards ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... in October to 50.3 in November, the weakest level since March. In local economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its monthly board meeting and makes its interest rate decision. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases October ...