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Rebalancing growth smoothly Australia's key challenge: Bloxham

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... is interest-rate sensitive than the share driven by trends in commodity prices. He expects Australia's robust monetary policy to assist the smooth transition from commodity price-driven growth back to credit-driven growth. He also expects the RBA's cash ...

It's just plain dumb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... the 2012/13 budget shows a small deficit instead of a small surplus. It'll be good for the economy and good for monetary policy - the RBA wouldn't have to lower interest rates to zero (where a new set of problems sets in). But it certainly wouldn't be ...

More good news for US housing market

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... competition for core acquisitions and core lending. It's understood one of the goals of the Fed's ultra-accommodative monetary policy is asset reflation, but the report highlights the risk that it could get too far ahead of underlying fundamentals. "Investors ...

Double-digit Asian equity returns in 2013: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... the fact that China appears to have successfully negotiated a soft-landing, opening the door to a loosening of monetary policy and an uptick in industrial production. Uncertainty surrounding the Chinese economy, the eurozone crisis and the US debt mountain ...

Final hour fiscal cliff verdict will be reached: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... deal is reached, confidence will slowly rekindle over time. UBS predicts that the Fed is likely to further loosen monetary policy to promote domestic demand but ultimately GDP will grow a disappointing 1.75% in 2013. Moretti predicts that, "The overall ...

BTIM launches emerging market strategy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
... deciding on our country allocations, we examine a number of elements: analysis of a country's economic growth, monetary policy, market liquidity, currency, governance/politics and equity market valuation. Stock selection focuses on buying quality growth ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... on Friday showing inflation at a new three-year low provided some hope, giving authorities more room to loosen monetary policy, while industrial output figures also pointed to a pick-up in the economy. Tokyo fell 0.90 per cent, or 79.55 points, to 8,757.60 ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... cents to $58.25. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia is due to release its Statement on Monetary Policy. In equities news, Macmahon Holdings is due to hold its annual general meeting. National turnover was 185.8 million securities ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... songs remain the same. The Reserve Bank of Australia, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England all kept monetary policy thingies as they were a few days ago. The song remains the same for Europe too - very, very much the same as what we've witnessed ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... points at 4,449. In economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia is due to release its Statement on Monetary Policy. In equities news, Macmahon Holdings is due to hold its annual general meeting. Also, special adviser to the prime minister ...