Glenda Kwek

Economy

RBA content to see the dollar fall

Glenda Kwek The Reserve Bank appears to talk down the Australian dollar to help stoke economic growth.

Economy

RBA talks the dollar down

Glenda Kwek The Reserve Bank sees further falls in the dollar to help rebalance economic growth as the mining boom peaks.

Markets

Nervous investors hang on Fed decision

Glenda Kwek Investor anxiety is building in global markets before the closely watched US Federal Reserve meeting on Wednesday, which is expected to shed more light on a possible pull-back of its asset-buying...

Markets

Nervous investors hang on US Federal Reserve decision

Glenda Kwek Investor anxiety is building in global markets before the closely watched US Federal Reserve meeting on Wednesday, which is expected to shed more light on a possible pull-back of its asset-buying...

Markets

Investors brace for Bernanke

Glenda Kwek Anxiety is building over the much-anticipated US Federal Reserve meeting on Wednesday night.

Economy

Unemployment dip to stave off rate cut

Glenda Kwek A surprise fall in the May jobless rate could keep a July cut in the cash rate at bay but is not expected to reverse the projected rise in unemployment over the next few months.

Economy

Jobs market shows some strength

Glenda Kwek The jobless rate surprised by ticking down to 5.5 per cent, a resilient result that lengthened the odds on a cut in interest rates next month.

Economy

Jobless rate tipped to hit 10-year high

Glenda Kwek The outlook has turned gloomier, with economists now tipping the unemployment rate to rise above 6 per cent.

Jobs outlook turns gloomier

Glenda Kwek Economists are revising up their unemployment rate forecasts for this year, ahead of the release of May’s jobs data tomorrow.

Media

News Corp investors approve split

Glenda Kwek The split of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has been formally approved by its shareholders.

Economy

Battered dollar could endure more buffets

Glenda Kwek The dollar could face more pressure on Thursday if employment figures are weaker than expected.

Ailing dollar takes another hit

Glenda Kwek The dollar has taken another belting and remains under pressure as soft data on housing loan approvals and business conditions and confidence point to a slower-than-expected transition away from...

Lending

Borrowers staying away from home loans

Glenda Kwek Home loan approvals have risen but were weaker-than-expected in April.

Economy

Business confidence stuck in a rut

Glenda Kwek Business conditions improved slightly but remain weak, despite the falling dollar and May rate cut.

Finance

Casualisation disenfranchises financially vulnerable: report

Glenda Kwek The number of Australians without access to a bank account, credit or insurance has risen by more than 46,000 in the past two years to almost 3.9 million, a new report has found.

Currencies

Battered dollar tipped to bounce back

Glenda Kwek The dollar has fallen to a 32-month low amid soft economic data, but some analysts say the currency is ready for a rebound.

Jobs

Lower wages call to tackle youth 'jobs scandal'

Glenda Kwek Rising youth unemployment is the ''scandal of our times'' and should be tackled by removing the minimum wage, introducing more training programs and maintaining an onshore manufacturing workforce,...