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All Eyes on the CPI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... costs. All the same, markets are already factoring in steady to lower interest rates, particularly following the RBA Governor's comments last week, indicating that monetary policy could be eased even before inflation has come down. A higher-than-expected ...

US houses continue to burn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... slowing in the manufacturing sector in this region. Today, Bank of Japan takes centre stage with a scheduled speech by Governor Masaaki Shirakawa and the release of the Monetary Board minutes from the previous meeting. Japanese department store sales ...

Inflation outlook dim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
Market Movers Overnight Soothing words from RBA Governor Glenn Stevens at the Anika Foundation Luncheon yesterday and declines in commodity prices overnight sent the Australian dollar down from a 25-year high of US$0.9784 to US$97.50. In his speech ...

Fed Gloom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... prices slows domestic spending and weakening offshore growth reduces exports. Today, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens will talk on the "Challenges for Economic Policy" at the Anika Foundation Luncheon in Sydney. Mr. Stevens' speech ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... September share price index futures contract lost 38 points, or 0.79 per cent, to 4,777. Today, Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens addresses an Anika Foundation lunch on `Challenges for Economic Policy'. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute ...

Market Jitters Redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
Market Movers Overnight 15 July "Just when you thought it was safe to get back into the water." This was the movie JAWS 2's tagline back in 1978 and it aptly applies to the global financial markets current predicament. It may not have been a complete ...

This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... deviate from the ongoing global theme of slowing growth and higher inflation. Australia Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens address on the "Challenges for Economic Policy" at the Anika Foundation Luncheon in Sydney this Tuesday will ...

NZ economy goes negative

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... balance remained firmly in deficit in April and May, he said. Meanwhile, the Moody's briefing notes that NZ Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard has forecast growth of 0.2 per cent q/q in the second quarter and that he has not ruled out a recession. Robinson ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2008
... September share price index was down 123 points to 5,190. In economic news today, Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor Dr Guy Debelle addresses the Australian Debt Markets 2008 conference on open market operations. National Australia Bank's Ahmed ...

Economy slowing down and speeding up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... suggested that markets saw a reasonable chance of a tightening towards the end of the year". Reinforcing the dichotomy, RBA governor Glenn Stevens was quoted in weekend newspapers saying that to make room for the resources investment boom without leading ...