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Australia interest rates rise for third consecutive month
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 hour ago
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The .25 basis points rise has taken the rate to 3.75 percent, compared with 0.5 percent in the UK, one percent around Europe and near zero rates in the US and Japan. The move, which was widely expected by economists, follows two .25 basis point moves...
Tags: Reserve Bank of Australia, Westpac, United Kingdom, London, Business Finance, Australian property bubble, Stock market crashes, Economic disasters, Unemployment, Late-2000s recession, Macroeconomics, Inflation, Monetary policy, Euro, Wayne Swan, Public finance, Glenn Stevens, Financial crises, Inflation targeting, Labor economics, Fiscal policy, Interest rate
Westpac exceeds RBA rate rise
Sydney :: Australia | about 2 hours ago
Credibility The banking giant has blamed soaring wholesale funding costs for its decision, paving the way for other banks to follow through with rate rises above today's move by the central bank. The planned rate rise came just a short time after Treasurer Wayne...
Tags: rate rises, Westpac, RBA, Australia, Sydney, Business Finance, Interest, Bank, Banks of Australia, Banking, Monetary policy, Floating interest rate, Reserve Bank of Australia, Loan, National Australia Bank, Prime rate, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Central bank, Variable-rate mortgage
RBA statement
Sydney :: Australia | about 3 hours ago
Credibility The global economy has resumed growth. With economic policies remaining expansionary, growth is likely to continue next year, though it will probably be modest in the major countries, due to the continuing legacy of the financial crisis. In China and...
Tags: Board, Australia, Sydney, Public finance, Business Finance, Economic policy, Inflation, Macroeconomics, Stagflation, Inflation targeting, Monetary policy
Investors ignore rate rise, stocks higher
Sydney :: Australia | about 3 hours ago
Credibility THE share market ended the day stronger after Australian investors shrugged off news of a much-expected interest rate hike. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 17.7 points, or 0.38 per cent, to 4719 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index...
Tags: RBA, rate rise, cash rate, Abbott, Reserve Bank of Australia, Glenn Stevens, National Australia Bank, governor glenn, rba governor, reserve banks, Australia, Sydney, Business Finance, Inflation, Monetary policy, Interest, Australian dollar, United States dollar, Australian Securities Exchange, Macroeconomics, Public finance, Central bank, Dow Jones Newswires, Abraham Lincoln, Cent, Fiscal policy, Dow Jones & Company, Interest rate
Reserve Bank poised to lift interest rates
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | about 10 hours ago
Credibility The cash rate is tipped to rise by 25 basis points to 3.75 per cent. If this happens, it will be the first time the central bank has increased rates for three consecutive months. ANZ chief economist Warren Hogan says economic conditions are favourable...
Tags: Reserve Bank, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Business Finance, Central bank, economics, Monetary policy
Rate rise 'will put jobs at risk'
Sydney :: Australia | about 10 hours ago
Credibility The Reserve Bank of Australia will hold its monthly board meeting today, when most market economists expect it to raise the cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.75 per cent. Sharan Burrow said the two previous consecutive rate hikes have put financial pressure...
Tags: Australia, Sydney, Business Finance, Monetary policy, Interest, Bank, Debt, Late-2000s recession, Macroeconomics, Inflation, Interest rate, Reserve Bank of Australia
Rates edge up at weekly Treasury auction
Seattle :: WA :: USA | about 10 hours ago
Credibility Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills edged up in Monday's auction but still remained near historic lows. The Treasury Department auctioned $30 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 0.060 percent, up from 0.040 percent last week. Another...
Tags: Treasury Department, treasury bills, historic lows, near historic, discount rate, Seattle, Interest rates, United States dollar, Interest, Business Finance, Debt, Federal Reserve System, Monetary policy, Mathematical finance
RBA hikes rates for third straight month
Auckland :: New Zealand | about 13 hours ago
Credibility The RBA clearly took advantage of the fact that markets had largely expected a rate hike,” said Ben Potter, research analyst at IG Markets in Melbourne. “Had markets seen a December rate hike as less than even chance the RBA probably would have held steady,...
Tags: RBA, New Zealand, Auckland, Business Finance, Unemployment, Public finance, Financial crisis of 2007￢ﾀﾓ2009, Finance, Tax haven, Taxation in the United Kingdom, New Zealand Institute of Economic Research, Politics, Social Issues, Macroeconomics, Tax, Capital gains tax, Monetary policy, Taxation, Economy of New Zealand, Interest, Central bank, Alan Bollard, Fiscal policy, Interest rate
Fed To Conduct Tests Of Liquidity-draining Tool
New York City :: NY :: USA | about 14 hours ago
Credibility The Federal Reserve is taking the next step in its effort to design new tools that it plans to use when the time comes to reverse its extraordinary credit-easing policies, the New York Federal Reserve Bank announced Monday. In coming weeks, the regional...
Tags: Federal Reserve, New York City, Business Finance, Repurchase agreement, Federal Reserve System, Structured finance, Subprime mortgage crisis, Fixed income securities, Central bank, Dividends, Bank, Corporate finance, Federal Reserve responses to the subprime crisis, Monetary policy, Dividend, Rate of return, Equity securities, Derivatives, Financial ratios, Open market operations, Economic history of the United States, Stock market, Ben Bernanke, Dividend reinvestment plan, Interest rate
Growth fears tamed, focus shifts to inflation
New Delhi :: India | about 15 hours ago
Credibility Economists termed high economic growth rate of 7.9 per cent during the second quarter as "above expectation" and said the Reserve Bank would now focus more to tame inflation. "This (7.9 per cent) has turned out to be much more positive than one has expected...RBI's...
Tags: growth rate, RBI, Chidambaram Bouyed, India, New Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Business Finance, Inflation, Monetary policy
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