THE head of the Reserve Bank has held out the prospect of continuing low
interest rates, as long as Labor sticks to its pledge to restrain spending.
Explicitly acknowledging the link between government spending and interest
rates claimed by the federal opposition, Glenn Stevens told a
NZPA The New Zealand sharemarket is still a better bet than cash or bonds,
despite it appearing to have peaked at the beginning of the year, says AMP
Capital's head of investment strategy. As 2010 began on a weak note, with a
significant reversal in share price improvement, Jason Wong
Another issue, which came out of the response to the 2008-2009 global financial
crisis , will be the how fiscal and monetary policies interact, according to a
paper presented to the Reserve Bank of Australia 's (RBA) 50th anniversary
symposium in Sydney on Tuesday. Considerable
The capacity and incentives to take risks have “clearly overwhelmed” any
improvements in risk management, Jaime Caruana wrote in a paper he delivered to
a gathering of central bankers in Sydney today. Financial companies alone can’t
keep underlying risks in check and will need help
AAP Ensuring the stability of the financial system, and the role of monetary
policy, will be one of the major challenges in this decade and beyond,
Australia's central bank officials say. Another issue, which came out of the
response to the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, will be
“The crisis has vividly demonstrated to the Chinese one of the downsides of
pursuing an export-oriented growth strategy, namely increased vulnerability to
adverse foreign shocks,” Yellen said in a paper released today that was adapted
from a report on a Nov. 15-21 trip by her to Asia. U.S.
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- South African policy makers are looking at whether they
should maintain stimulus measures as the economy hasn’t been as affected by the
global recession as other countries, central bank Deputy Governor Xolile Guma
said. “Certainly in South Africa, we’ve been
Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- New Zealand’s soaring unemployment rate is confirmation
the economy is fragile and not that it is in worse shape than expected,
according to Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard . “Domestically it’s still
fragile,” Bollard told Television New Zealand’s
“Domestically it’s still fragile,” Bollard told Television New Zealand’s Q+A
program yesterday. “We’ve started growing, we’re seeing reasonable growth
figures.” The fourth-quarter jobless rate jumped to a 10-year high of 7.3
percent, according to a government report on Feb.
Will it have an impact on the Australian economy ? The Reserve Bank is wary,
but says China will be more important to the health of our economy. China's
January economic update will be out this week. No significant change is
expected, but the figures will highlight the vast
AAP Ensuring the stability of the financial system, and the role of monetary
policy, will be one of the major challenges in this decade and beyond,
Australia's central bank officials say. Another issue, which came out of the
response to the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, will be
