Saturday, December 18th, 2010
The RBA may take some heat for putting taxpayer funds on the line, but the new bank liquidity arrangements are a reasonable solution to an otherwise highly destabilising problem. 18 Dec 2010 12:06 AM
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
An economic forecaster says the Reserve Bank may have been too hasty in raising interest rates last month, because many parts of the economy are still experiencing very tough conditions.
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
(Adds detail) SYDNEY, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Australian stocks slipped 0.2percent as investors paused ahead of policy meetings by theReserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the U.S. Federal Reserve,and elections in the U.S.
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Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Some weaker than expected economic figures and end of the quarter profit taking have weighed on the local share market and the Australian dollar today.
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
The Reserve Bank (RBA) is tipped to keep official interest rates on hold when it meets today.
There have been six official interest rate rises since last October and the RBA has said several times it believes rates are now back at more normal levels.
Fears about global growth and the deterioration ...
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Finally, after six interest rate hikes in the last 8 months, the RBA has provided a little relief to home owners today by deciding to hold the official cash rate at 4.5%. Citing factors including the fall in the Australian dollar, continued trouble in overseas markets and softening commodity prices, ...
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
The 0.25% interest rate rise from the RBA today is almost the worst kept secret of the past month. We all knew it would happen.
"With the risk of serious economic contraction ...
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia has today raised interest rates once again, after stronger than expected house sales, a drop in unemployment to 5.4% and other dominating factors indicating a significant improvement in the economy.
"With the risk of serious economic contraction in Australia having passed, the Board ...
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
The vast majority of economic opinion was swinging towards at least a 0.25% rate increase today from the first board meeting of the Reserve Bank of Australia. This was met with the unexpected - a hold on the official cash rate for the time being. The rate stays at 3.75%
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
Over the past couple of days I have read many a comment (almost all negative) about rising RBA Interest Rates from ordinary people questioning exactly why it has to happen. People of course will most often only go to the length of publicly commenting about something if it annoys them, ...
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