No need for rate rise yet as Australian economy bounds along: central bank
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Australia's central bank has eased fears of a pre-Christmas interest rate rise, saying it sees no need yet for an increase in a buoyant economy firmly underpinned by global recovery and strong commodity prices.
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THE decision by the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates for the third month in a row would have little effect on the Reserve Bank of Australia&#39;s deliberations on monetary policy, economists said yesterday.
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Don't panic over rising interest rates.
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The new statistics are the latest to reinforce the position of central bankers that interest rates do not necessarily need to be lowered any time soon even as the economy decelerates.
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The Bank of Canada remained vague Thursday about how quickly interest rates will continue to rise, while a separate report suggested the economy is poised to enjoy strong gains in the year ahead.
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Central bankers are in a  holding pattern awaiting clear signs of how the last month of  market upheaval has affected the economy, policymakers said on  Sunday.
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Australia&#39;s central bank said Monday that an expected increase in inflation next year could force it to raise interest rates. The government has pledged to keep interest rates low, but prices have been rising
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Pressure grew on Australia's central bank on Wednesday to raise interest rates despite the turmoil in global stock markets and fears of a US recession after new data showed core inflation surged to a 16-year high in the final quarter of 2007.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--As Australia consigns the lengthy federal election campaign to history, the outlook for interest rates returned to center stage Monday as housing
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ECONOMIC growth will improve and the trade deficit will narrow but interest rates will have to rise, a new international report on the Australian economy has found.
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The European Central Bank left its key refinancing rate unchanged at two per cent Thursday amid signs that the recovery in the 12-country euro zone may be sputtering.
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Sterling was steady despite news that UK inflation is running above the path previously projected by the Bank of England, suggesting that the door has not closed on the possibility of another interest rate hike this year.
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The surge in oil prices over the  summer was not enough to derail the U.S. economy and the  central bank sees no reason to pause in its interest-rate rises  just yet, top Fed officials said on Thursday.
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The Bank of Canada left interest rates unchanged, saying the economy remained on track despite slower growth and the increased risk posed by a downturn in the United States housing market. The central bank left its key overnight rate at 4.25 percent for the second consecutive time after raising rates seven times between September 2005 and May of this year. Markets had widely expected the bank to hold rates steady. In a statement, the bank was not as dovish as had been expected, leaving analysts less sure about its next moves.
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The sharemarket spurted ahead nearly 1 per cent in early business despite the Reserve Bank (RB) today raising interest rates for the sixth time this year.
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JOHN Howard&#39;s plea for voters to trust him with the economy is paying early dividends, an exclusive Herald Sun poll shows. The Coalition has moved ahead of Labor by 52 per cent to 48 per cent as the Prime Minister&#39;s interest rates campaign takes hold.
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Australia&#39;s inflation rate was contained and gasoline prices may ease in coming months, Treasuer Peter Costello told reporters in Melbourne.