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Interest rates to keep falling in 2009
SMH 12:00am 31 Dec 2008 Official interest rates have fallen to the lowest levels in decades and are expected to keep going in the same direction in 2009.
Duminy rates MCG knock the best
SMH 12:00am 28 Dec 2008 South African young gun Jean-Paul Duminy rates scoring his maiden Test century at the MCG above hitting the winning runs in the Proteas' epic chase in Perth.
China central bank cuts interest rates
SMH 12:00am 23 Dec 2008 China's central bank announced on Monday a cut of 0.27 percentage points in its benchmark one-year deposit and lending rates, the fifth cut since September.
China slashes interest rates
SMH 12:00am 23 Dec 2008 China may follow its latest interest-rate cut with steps to spur consumer spending as deepening recessions in the US and Europe pummel exports.
China cuts interest rates: central bank
SMH 12:00am 22 Dec 2008 China's central bank announced a cut of 0.27 percentage points in its benchmark one-year deposit and lending rates, the fifth interest rate cut since September.
Japan slashes rates as growth path vanishes
SMH 12:00am 19 Dec 2008 The Bank of Japan on Friday slashed interest rates to near zero, hoping to stave off a severe recession as the government said the world's second largest economy would not grow until at least 2010.
Japan cuts rates to near-zero amid dire world economic outlook
SMH 12:00am 19 Dec 2008 Japan slashed interest rates to almost zero Friday as it tries to stave off a long recession while a major banking group warned the global economy would sink into a "severe" contraction next year.
Bank of Japan cuts rates to 0.1%
SMH 12:00am 19 Dec 2008 The Bank of Japan has slashed its benchmark interest rate to just 0.1%, joining a wave of global cuts.
'Strong interest' in CopperCo assets
SMH 12:00am 18 Dec 2008 Corporate recovery experts Ferrier Hodgson say they have receive significant expressions of interest for the acquisition of copper miner CopperCo Ltd.
Fed cuts rates, Asian markets' limited gains
SMH 12:00am 17 Dec 2008 Asian share markets were mostly up on Wednesday but gains were limited as the US Federal Reserve's decision to slash interest rates effectively to zero failed to calm worries about the US economy.
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