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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... It declined by 0.4% in VIC, 0.3% in TAS and 1.3% in the ACT. Australia RBA policy decision As widely-expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate unchanged at a record low 1.5% following its 6 December Board meeting which ...

Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... it safe or save ammunition... just in case. The US Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England and the Reserve Bank of Australia all kept their domestic monetary policy settings unchanged. To be sure, only a very few expected one or more ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... from 46.2) and willingness to buy durable goods (41.9 from 42.5). New Zealand labour market Expectations that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) will cut interest rates by 25 bps to 1.75% at its 10 November policy meeting could be dashed with the ...

FirstChoice Alternatives adds new macro manager

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... fuelling the growth in this fund." The portfolio was launched in 2014 and aims to generate a before fees return of the Reserve Bank of Australia cash rate plus 4% by investing in a diversified portfolio of alternative investment strategies.

CPI says RBA no go on Melbourne Cup Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
You can bet the house on your favourite steed come 1 November, Melbourne Cup Day, but not on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) shaving another 25 basis points off the official cash rate that currently stands at a record low 1.5%. This is the message ...

The Fed "live" in November

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... and Implications for Future Business Cycle Dynamics" at 60th annual economic conference sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in Boston, Massachusetts. US Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen spoke about many things at that conference but ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Australia private sector credit Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) figures showed that the annual growth in private sector credit slowed from 6.0% in July to 5.8% in August - the slowest rate since October 2014. Except for the bumps in December 2015 and ...

Senior staff changes at RBA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
The Reserve Bank of Australia is restructuring, seeing a number of internal moves and one retirement. Current assistant governor, economic, Christopher Kent has been appointed assistant governor, financial markets; a role made vacant following Guy Debelle's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... been despite significant events that can usually be expected to impact confidence: two interest rate cuts from the Reserve Bank and associated reductions in mortgage rates; a Commonwealth Budget; a Federal election; and some major developments offshore ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Australia business confidence The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) 25bps cut in the official cash rate to 1.50% in August helped lift the NAB business confidence indext from a reading of plus 4 in July to plus 6 last month - consistent with its long-term ...