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Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2006
... cent. The RBA last lifted interest rates in March 2005. Market expectations were split leading up to yesterday's monthly RBA Board meeting with some predicting an announcement of a 25 basis point rate hike today, citing recent inflation figures showing ...

Weekly economic round-up

... spending that we have seen over the past three months and alter the course of monetary policy. This will be followed by the RBA board meeting, although this should be another non-event with markets anticipating no change in policy. Domestic data and ...

Weekly economic round-up

... (RBA) to keep official interest rates unchanged at 5.5 per cent presented no surprises. Expectations leading up to the RBA Board's first meeting this year rightly wagered that the Australian central bank would keep monetary policy on hold, especially ...

Daily economic update

... Australia's (RBA) decision to keep official interest rates unchanged at 5.5 per cent. Financial markets were certain that the RBA Board's first meeting for 2006 would not produce any movement in credit rates with recent indicators pointing towards a ...

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 ...