Lending hits 6½-year high. Petrol at 8-month low

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Lending finance; Weekly Petrol Prices Lending soars. Total lending finance soared by 7.6 per cent in June, underpinned by a 12.1 per cent lift in business lending. Total new lending in

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Petrol set to surge but inflation still contained

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Weekly Petrol; Latest economic data According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of unleaded petrol rose by 1.2 cents per litre to 136.3 cents a

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Lending lifts but consumers still cautious

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Lending finance; ABARE Crop Report; RBA Board minutes Lending rose in December. Total lending finance rose for the fourth consecutive month up by 2.4 per cent in December. Lending totalled

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Investment Briefing – The great experiment

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The world is still working through the aftermath of the credit crisis. While improving economic data and more fiscal stimulus in the US support a positive consensus for 2011, other

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Weekly market & economic update 07 January 2011

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Headline developments In a move that had been anticipated for some time, China raised one year lending and deposit rates by 0.25% as part of an ongoing effort to keep

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Slowest housing lending growth on record

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Private sector credit (Lending) Private sector credit rose by 0.3 per cent in November to stand 3.6 per cent higher than a year ago. Housing lending to owner-occupiers stands 7.3

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Weak home lending reinforces need for rate pause

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Housing finance Lending to build new homes was flat in October. A key leading indicator for home construction barely moved in October – ahead of the November rate hike. Loans

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J.P. Morgan first to launch Tri-Party securities lending in Australia

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J.P. Morgan has successfully completed Australia’s first Tri-Party Securities Lending transaction acting as a third-party collateral agent for a securities lending transaction between UBS and State Street Bank and Trust.

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Weekly market & economic update – 26 November 2010

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Headline developments of the past week While there was good news at the start of the week in terms of Ireland agreeing to accept a bailout from the European Union

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Weak data raises doubts about imminent rate hike

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Latest economic data The outlook for home builders remains sluggish. New dwelling approvals fell for the fourth time in the past five months – down by 4.7 per cent in

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