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Planners double allocation to term deposits

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... Investec's head of treasury, Ivan Katz. The futures market is pricing in an 80% probability that the Reserve Bank of Australia will cut rates by 25 basis points to 4% when it meets on Tuesday, with a 100 basis point drop to 3.25% forecast by November ...

Nice one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... discounting the bad news - persists, the All Ords still has a fighting chance. Especially considering the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) pro-active stance towards monetary policy. The RBA has already cut interest rates by 50 basis points each in November ...

Priced in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... People's Bank of China (PBOC) switched tactics towards a looser policy late last year? Why do you think the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and other central banks that could cut interest rates late last year? It may not yet be doom - that would come ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... boost in mining, retail and services sectors. Mr Daghlian said this month's interest rate cut from the Reserve Bank of Australia was the only thing keeping confidence steady, given the turmoil gripping international markets. "Without that rate cut we ...

UBS: Stocks gaining momentum

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... valve. We expect to see more momentum in those consumer and housing areas." Haslem said the change in the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) from hawkish to a more neutral approach paired with four good months of retail sales are helped by credit momentum ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... overseas would put pressure on bank margins. All of the big four banks have now said they will pass on the Reserve Bank of Australia's full interest rate cut of 25 basis points. "Banks are going to suffer today given the fact that their funding costs ...

PIGS!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
You're all pigs now! It's just as well that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut interest rates when they did -- the RBA lowered the official cash rate to 4.25% from 4.5% yesterday. It may have taken the Financial Times report leaking that Standard ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... traded. Investors also remained cautious ahead of a closely-watched interest rate decision from the Reserve Bank of Australia at 1430 AEDT. The market has factored in an 84 per cent chance of a rate cut, so any move to hold rates at current levels could ...

New RBA deputy governor named

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
The Treasurer has named Dr Philip Lowe as the new deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). Lowe will take up the role on a seven year term from next February, succeeding Ric Battellino who is retiring from the RBA after 39 years. "I would ...

RBA right to cut rates and correct to hold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... the first Tuesday of the month so it must be "what to do with interest rates" decision time for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The punting is finely balanced with, according to Bloomberg's polling, 13 out of 25 economists betting the RBA would ...