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Economics

Go flip a coin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
With barely two weeks to go and armed with the latest inflation update that the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released yesterday, the answer to the RBA rate cut question should be clearer.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street posted solid gains following a big jump in US existing-home sales and a mixed bag of earnings reports from Boeing, McDonald's and others.

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
The share market is weaker as investors seem to interpret Australia's latest inflation data as reducing the chances of a May interest rate cut.

BOE no change, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
We would have gotten a glimpse of business and consumer and financial market reaction to a central bank move towards normalising monetary policy for more than a year now had the BOE stuck to its stated guidance to start "normalising" interest rates when ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
The Australian sharemarket is posting gains on the back of positive offshore leads, China's new stimulus package and rises in some commodities prices.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after US stocks rose sharply on the latest Chinese stimulus measures and some prominent earnings that bested forecasts.

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
But what interested me more was Gov Glenn's take on the capital markets and the triggers that could spark a sell-off.

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
The Australian share market has opened lower.

The bad and the bad and the bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
They say bad news come in threes - we've got all three at the end of last week.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following sharp falls on Wall Street on fresh worries about a Greek debt default as US President Barack Obama called on Greece to enact reforms.