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Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... announce whether or not it has dropped the official interest rate to a new record low at 1430 AEST. The market is expecting the RBA to cut rates by a further 25 basis points to two per cent after last cutting it February.

Will nice numbers make RBA a bad guy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... housing approvals are the latest domestic economic stats the men and women of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would have seen before they commence their deliberation on monetary policy this morning. Gov Glenn and et al would have seen ...

ASIC says AUD spike "not misconduct"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... provided an update on its investigation into the suspicious spike in the Australian dollar that occurred seconds before the RBA announced it was keeping cash rates on hold at 2.25% on April 7, finding that so far it has been linked to automated trading ...

May cut, may not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Getting hot, hot, hot. Betting on whether the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would take down the official cash rate from a record low 2.25% to a lower 2.0% following its May Board meeting tomorrow heats up. Bloomberg's latest survey says... 24 out ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... watching for the next gentle nudge and the next. But the longer Fed Chair Janet remains "not impatient" the greater our very own RBA Gov Glenn's headache. Speculations of a later-rather-than-sooner and (or because of?) indications of slowing momentum ...

Retirees 'much worse' off: RBA

JASON CADDEN FOR AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
Life is not going to get easier for self-funded retirees as record low interest rates force them to take on riskier investments, Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens says. Central banks around the world have lowered their interest rates to stimulate ...

MTAA launches transition to retirement investment option

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... also suit younger members with larger than average superannuation balances. The option targets a reliable income stream of RBA cash rate +2% per year over the medium term and favours shorter-dated debt to help deliver capital stability. "The exposure ...

Mining capex in a hole

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... some bright ideas to get the show going." Miller predicts Australia's unemployment rate will reach 7% by December and the RBA will cut interest rates by 50 basis points. BlackRock says economic growth and monetary policy are diverging globally and the ...

Go flip a coin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... maybe I don't know Can you repeat the question?" - 'Boss of Me' The question - again - is will the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut interest rates on the first Tuesday of next month? With barely two weeks to go and armed with the latest inflation ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... inflation was not very low, the release of positive jobs figures last week and the looming federal budget, due after the May RBA decision, were influencing investors. "There will be an interest rate cut, but from today's data the RBA might take a bit ...