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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
... general employee entitlements and redundancy scheme (GEERS) with current community standards. The Reserve Bank's assistant governor of financial markets, Ric Battellino, commented yesterday that the increase in household debt of the last few years has ...

Household finances in good shape: RBA

... Household finances are in better shape than what the doomsayers claim, said the Reserve Bank of Australia's assistant governor in financial markets, Ric Battellino, at an industry forum held in Sydney this week. Speaking at the fourth Retail Financial ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
Treasurer Costello has given notice that at the forthcoming November Group of 20 (G20) meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Melbourne there will be fertile discussion about the oil market and the need for a stronger institutional ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
In a parting note the Reserve Bank of Australia governor, Ian Macfarlane, agreed with financial market forecasts that it was likely that there would be another interest rate hike in either November or December with the economy running at full capacity ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
... with Coles Myer and DCA group has seen some real buying activity in those," Mr Anderson said. "(Outgoing Reserve Bank Governor) Ian Macfarlane spoke this morning for probably the last time before retiring, and he believes there's a reasonable chance ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
... 5,009. Today Unitab and Thakral Holdings Group are expected to release annual results, and Reserve Bank of Australia governor Ian Macfarlane is set to address the House of Representatives Economics Committee public hearing. The Australian share market ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2006
... Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release June labour force data, and Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Glenn Stevens will speak in Sydney. Yesterday, the Australian stock market closed HIGHER after rising metals prices boosted ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
... percentage fall in two years, tumbling 4.14 per cent on a sell-off in tech stocks and after news Japan's central bank governor had invested in a controversial stock fund. The Nikkei ended down 614.41 points at 14,218.60. HONG KONG - Stocks slid almost ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
... monetary policy direction from speeches by US Fed officials including its Chairman, Ben Bernanke. In Australia, RBA Deputy Governor Glenn Stevens will speak on 'Risks and the macro-economy' on Friday.

Daily economic update

... component increasing to a five-month high of 70.5 in April from 60.5 in March. This has led to concerns that despite Fed Governor Ben Bernanke's recent rhetoric, the Fed may find it necessary to lift interest rates further. Eurozone unemployment dipped ...