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Haste makes waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... same tune. In an interview with Bloomberg, he predicts that the European Central Bank (ECB) will start raising interest rates in the "October-December period," because "What seems to be holding the ECB's hands at the present juncture is the concern over ...

SG at 12pc will help Reserve manage inflation: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... increasing SG to 12 per cent, arguing that it will help the Reserve Bank manage aggregate demand without raising interest rates. Keating, speaking on ABC television's Lateline program last night, said, "I notice the Treasurer saying overnight that the ...

QIC sees stronger Aus equities in 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... variable" he said. "And here in Australia we have a central bank that is concerned about inflation and raising interest rates" he said. Despite these challenges, Barnes said the he's positioning his funds for stronger equity markets next year, primarily ...

Whac-a-mole 2.0

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... inflation. Speculations are that this would include food price controls, a crackdown on commodity speculation, raising interest rates or all of the above. OMG! This would mean Chinese growth - the strongest driver of global growth this cycle - is going ...

Industry could face another inquiry

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... inquiry would be a key way to raise the issues the Coalition has on its agenda, some of which include banks raising interest rates above the RBA's and profits - topics Hockey raised in a statement late last week. And with the big banks increasingly deriving ...

Australia's big bro

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... the central banks of the larger economies of the US, Japan and Europe are still far from contemplating raising interest rates, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has already lifted the official cash rate six time from 3.0 per cent last October to 4.5 ...

Watching the A$ watch the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... interest rates differential with the US (and Europe). Hey, wait for a moment! How could the Fed and the ECB be raising interest rates if the global economy - primarily their economies - is slowing? What's Bloomberg's point? Is it trying to chop down ...

On caution's side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... for the RBA is that, unlike most major world central banks (with zero to near-zero interest rates), by raising interest rates early, it has put itself in a position whereby it could effect an accommodative monetary policy if, again, necessary. I think ...

RIP May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... corporate earnings have been improving. China, India, Australia and some Asian countries have raised/are raising interest rates to hold down growth that could re-ignite inflation pressures. The same way as many fear that Europe could sink the rest of ...

Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... returning to the labour market. But with the US labour market in repair, wouldn't the Fed be thinking of raising interest rates sooner? Perhaps. But this would be a signal that the US economic and financial systems are returning to normalcy. What's wrong ...

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