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  • Reserve Bank to announce interest rate policy today

    Scoop - Our Reserve Bank will make its latest announcement on interest rate policy in a few hours time. Business leaders unhappy with govt interference in airport sale Auckland business leaders are unimpressed with the government's interference in the sale ...
    2008-03-05 10:37:00
  • In the know

    Times Online - Gilt prices fell after a surprisingly strong services sector survey dimmed hopes for an interest-rate cut that would make existing bonds more attractive. The risks of inflation are offsetting the risks of a downturn in the economy. The June long gilt ...
    2008-03-05 03:59:00
  • ECB expected to keep rates unchanged, some uncertainty about whether ...

    International Herald Tribune - BERLIN : There's little, if any, hope left of a rate cut Thursday by the European Central Bank, with the euro zone struggling with record inflation, a soaring euro and concerns about slowing growth. But while the ECB is expected to stand pat, some ...
    2008-03-05 04:07:00
  • RBA may be ready to pause

    News.com.au - EVIDENCE is emerging that domestic demand could finally be slowing, writes Scott Murdoch. The Reserve Bank's six-year tightening cycle may have hit a peak amid fresh signs that recent interest rate rises are curbing domestic demand in the Australian ...
    2008-03-05 02:12:00
  • Bernanke Policy to `Destroy' U.S. Dollar, Faber Says (Update1)

    Bloomberg - March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will ``destroy the U.S. dollar'' by cutting interest rates, investor Marc Faber said. Bernanke's reduction in the target rate for overnight loans between banks to 3 percent has spurred a ...
    2008-03-05 02:26:00
  • RBA optimistic on inflation

    News.com.au - THE reserve bank is watchful but up-beat about winning its battle against inflation, even if another interest rate rise to 7.5 per cent in May is a strong possibility. Economists warned the slowing of GDP growth late last year is masking the ...
    2008-03-05 02:55:00
  • Fixing your loan can hurt

    News.com.au - Struggling mortgagees may regret "knee-jerk" reactions Related story : To fix or not to fix your loan In-depth : The latest interest rates news and features HOME owners contemplating making the switch from a mortgage with a variable interest rate to ...
    2008-03-05 02:48:00
  • Brazil's Bank Keeps Rate at 11.25% as Inflation Slows (Update2)

    Bloomberg - The yield on the inter-bank deposit contract for Jan. 2, 2009, which reveals trader's future interest rate bets, fell to 11.69 percent from 12.07 percent on Dec. 28.
    2008-03-05 03:24:00
  • Brazil leaves prime interest rate unchanged amid concerns about ...

    International Herald Tribune - RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil : Brazil's central bank held the country's benchmark lending rate on Wednesday, as bankers hoped January's decline in monthly inflation might continue without their intervention. The bank's monetary policy committee voted ...
    2008-03-05 04:07:00
  • Service sector growth likely to keep interest rates on hold (The Herald)

    UK service companies' costs and prices are rocketing at their fastest pace since comparable records began in 1996, a finding likely to fuel the Bank of England's inflation worries as it deliberates when and how far to cut interest rates.
    2008-03-05 04:13:58
  • TAP Withdrawal Before Retirement At Alarming Rate (BruDirect.com)

    Bandar Seri Begawan - The percentage of withdrawal from the Tabung Amanah Pekerja (TAP) before retirement age is around 70 per cent, and majority of them in debts.
    2008-03-05 04:14:34
  • Gold: Two All-Time Records with $30 Between (GoldSeek.com)

    "...Miss your chance to buy gold at a $30 discount last night...?"
    2008-03-05 04:18:18
  • News from ITV is still a turn-off (Guardian Unlimited)

    Michael Grade is a showman and his performance was a classic of amiable aggression
    2008-03-05 04:19:27
  • Interest rate cut unlikely after prices surge in service sector (Guardian Unlimited)

    Latest survey suggests conditions in real economy not as bad as some would believe
    2008-03-05 04:20:28
  • Flaherty 'comfortable' that budget is right answer to economic slowdown (MSN Money Canada)

    VANCOUVER - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says the economy has slowed more quickly than anticipated in October when he announced billions of dollars of tax cuts but his latest budget adjusted for the slowdown "and I am comfortable with where we are."
    2008-03-05 04:21:22