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RBA Unlikely to Raise Rates: Expert: Homeowners are unlikely to be hit with another interest rate increase after the latest inflation rise but may have to wait another 12 months before any reprieve from existing rates, says the chief economist of a leading bank.The Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed last week that the consumer price...; Tags: Reprieve, Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Interest Rate, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-04-27
Rates Deterring Demand For Home Loans: The nation's appetite for property is waning as back-to-back interest rate rises by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in February and March to near 12-year highs have dented mortgage approvals, economists say.National housing finance commitments for owner-occupiers fell by 6.1 per cent in March, the Australian Bureau of...; Tags: Interest Rate, Economist, March, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-05-12
Tough Budget 'will Avoid Rate Rise Pain': The federal government will have to deliver an extremely tough budget if it is to avoid further interest rate rises this year, a leading economic forecaster has warned.With the Rudd government already locked into $30 billion in tax cuts, Access Economics director Chris Richardson says the likelihood of further...; Tags: Interest Rate, Tax Cut, Government, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Taxes, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-04-21
Gilt Yields Rocket as Safe-haven Flows Unwind: By Christina Fincher LONDON (Reuters UK) - Gilt prices tumbled on Friday, sending yields soaring for a third straight day as equities rose on expectations of further liquidity-boosting measures, which led investors to reduce back bets on interest rate cuts. Gilts underperformed Bunds, but not by...; Tags: Interest Rate, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, Markets, Oukbs; News items 2008-04-18
NAB's Anzac Day Rate Rise Lousy: Govt: Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says the National Australia Bank was "lousy" to announce an interest rate rise on Anzac Day.NAB chose the public holiday to announce it had lifted its variable mortgage interest rates by 10 basis points, independent of any move by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).The...; Tags: Bank, Interest Rate, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-04-27

Focus on Europe Rates as Economy Slows: By Jeremy Gaunt, European Investment Correspondent LONDON (Reuters UK) - Europe will be a major focus of investors' attention this week as the European Central Bank and Bank of England meet separately to discuss interest rates against a backdrop of declining economic strength. With global equity...; Tags: Foreign-exchange, Europe, Equity, Investor, Generali, France Telecom, Interest Rate, US; News items 2008-05-04
Consumer Morale Hits Series Low in April: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Consumer morale fell in April to its lowest since records began four years ago as confidence in the economy continues to slide, the Nationwide building society said on Wednesday. Nationwide's consumer confidence index fell to 70 last month from 77 in...; Tags: Interest Rate, Consumer Confidence, Survey, Morale, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Marketing Research, Finance; News items 2008-05-06
Bank of England Set to Hold Rates: By Christina Fincher LONDON (Reuters UK) - The Bank of England looks more likely to leave interest rates on hold rather than cut them later on Thursday, but a stream of dismal data over recent days has made the decision a close call. Only five of...; Tags: Interest Rate, Economist, Bank Of England, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance; News items 2008-05-07
Inflation Leaps to 3 Percent in April: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Soaring food and fuel bills pushed up the inflation rate by its biggest amount in nearly six years to 3 percent, figures showed on Tuesday which will likely further dent hopes of interest rate cuts. The Office for National Statistics said consumer...; Tags: Interest Rate, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Services, Finance, Cpi, Oukbs; News items 2008-05-13
Manufacturing Falls Unexpectedly in March: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Manufacturing output unexpectedly fell in March at its sharpest rate in six months as a decline in car production led a broad-based retreat after a couple of months of strong growth, official data showed on Wednesday. The wider measure of industrial production...; Tags: Interest Rate, Manufacturing, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, Oukbs; News items 2008-05-07
Insolvencies Fall 13.2 Percent in First Quarter: LONDON (Reuters UK) - More than 25,000 people declared themselves insolvent in England and Wales in the first three months of the year, government figures showed on Friday, but that was 13.2 percent lower than in the same period last year. The Insolvency Service said personal...; Tags: Interest Rate, Quarter, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, Oukbs; News items 2008-05-02
BOJ Drops Rate-hike Bias in Face of Slowing Growth: By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's central bank, facing sharply weakening growth in the economy as soaring raw materials costs bite, gave up its long-standing bias to raising rates on Wednesday and governor Masaaki Shirakawa warned that downside risks were...; Tags: Financial services, Investment, Japan, bias, economist, Tokyo, interest rate, inflation, Governor, bank, housing start, capital market, consumer confidence, bond, Thomson Reuters Corp., job, U.S., food, security, sales; News items 2008-04-30
Consumer Mood Worst Since 1992: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Consumer confidence in April plummeted to its lowest level since the economic slump of 1992, a survey showed on Wednesday that will make grim reading for Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the eve of local elections. The GfK/NOP consumer confidence index fell...; Tags: Interest Rate, Consumer Confidence, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, Oukbs; News items 2008-04-29
Service Sector Stagnates in April: By Matt Falloon LONDON (Reuters UK) - Growth in the services sector all but dried up in April, sliding to a five year low as companies struggled against the sharpest rate of cost inflation on record, a survey showed on Tuesday. The pound fell and interest...; Tags: Interest Rate, Inflation, Service Sector, Services Sector, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance, Oukbs; News items 2008-05-06
Tide May Be Turning For Dollar: By Natsuko Waki LONDON (Reuters UK) - The tide may be turning at last for the U.S. dollar after seven years of decline as policymakers recognise the inflationary threat of an endlessly weakening greenback, whose losses have driven up oil and commodity prices. Speeches this...; Tags: Bank, Federal Reserve Board, Goldman Sachs & Co., Interest Rate, Dollar, Inflation, Interest Rate Future, US; News items 2008-05-11
Earnings Onslaught Offers Reality Check: By Natsuko Waki LONDON (Reuters) - Remarkably resilient morale among euro zone investors and businesses will face a reality check this week as first-quarter earnings reports from the non-financial sector get into full swing. Investors will also get insights into the state of...; Tags: Financial accounting, trough, earnings, morale, Credit Suisse First Boston, strategist, earnings per share, earnings report, London, investor, earnings estimate, manufacturing, Yahoo! Inc., Thomson Reuters Corp., stock, stock market, bank, financial, performance; News items 2008-04-20
Aussie Trade Deficit at $2.736b in March: Better weather in Australia's resources rich states helped exports spring back to life in March, resulting in an improved trade deficit, economists say.The Australian balance of goods and services was a deficit of $2.736 billion, seasonally adjusted, in March, from a downwardly revised $3.261 billion in February, figures from...; Tags: Coal, Australia, Interest Rate, Economist, March, February, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-05-06
Business Confidence 'lowest Since 2001': Business confidence is now at its lowest level in seven years, since the aftermath of the dot com crash in 2001, as firms struggle to cope with decade-high interest rates, a quarterly survey shows.Financial market volatility is also affecting small, medium and large companies, with only mining companies bucking...; Tags: Interest Rate, Confidence, Business Confidence, Financial Planning, Smb/Sme, Financial Services, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-04-28
ECB Keeps interest rates at 4 Percent: ATHENS (Reuters UK) - The European Central Bank kept benchmark interest rates unchanged at 4.0 percent on Thursday, as expected, as policymakers weigh the risk of high inflation against concerns about euro zone economic growth. ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet will present the Governing Council's latest...; Tags: Interest Rate, Inflation, ECB, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Financial Services, Finance, Oukbs, Policymaker; News items 2008-05-08
Mortgage Applications Plunge as Rates Soar: MBA: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mortgage applications plunged last week, largely reflecting a drop in demand for home refinancing loans as interest rates surged, an industry group said on Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage applications...; Tags: Financial Planning, MBA, interest rate, industry group, banking, New York, Thomson Reuters Corp., industry; News items 2008-04-23