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Economic round-up: Kiwis at war with inflation

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
... Bank of New Zealand seems to be at war with domestic inflation with its third hike this year and the 12th since RBNZ's governor, Dr Alan Bollard, started his credit squeeze at the beginning of 2004 when the cash rate was at 5 per cent. A Policy Assessment ...

China's market party gets louder

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2007
... speculative trading have pushed Chinese share values ahead of market fundamentals and on the weekend China's central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, reiterated concerns about a stock market bubble. Goldman Sachs' report warned that a market driven by ...

New Jersey Govt spends teachers' future fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
The New Jersey Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund seemed in dire trouble last week as it was revealed funds destined for retirement funding had been diverted to cover more immediate expenditure, in a theme echoing some of the recent debate around Australia's ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
... Bank falling 45 cents to $39.92. Meanwhile, investors may be have been spooked by Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor, Malcolm Edey, warning that the outlook for inflation was still higher than ideal, strengthening expectations of a further ...

Daily economic round-up

... same magnitude and will continue to concern the RBA in its deliberations about inflationary pressures. Last month RBA Governor Glenn Stevens noted some concern over the inflationary pressures that rising wages have had in a tight labour market. Exports ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
... 5.6 per cent. As mentioned above, this will put pressure on the RBA if this trend continues for a few months. The RBA Governor Glenn Stevens in his address to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
... AEDT, the March share price index contract was unchanged at 5969. In economic news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia governor, Glen Stevens, delivers his half-yearly testimony on monetary policy to the House of Representatives economic committee ...

New deputy governor for RBA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello has announced the appointment of a new deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to fill the role left by the promotion of former deputy Glenn Stevens to the role of governor. After more than three decades in various ...

Managing market might require regulatory change: Macfarlane

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2006
Speaking at the 2006 ABC Radio Boyer Lectures, former Reserve Bank Governor Ian Macfarlane said while growing national savings is good, it nonetheless leads to more reliance upon financial markets and money managers, potentially increasing volatility ...

Putnam banks on fixed income

Putnam Investments has flagged that fixed income will remain its key focus in 2007 and will herald in next year with a "conservative approach" in case of more rate rises in the US. "We are sceptical about the prospects for Fed rate cuts in coming months ...