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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
... Australian winter harvest is anticipated to be down more than 50 per cent as a function of 40 per cent of the nation being drought affected. The National Institute of Labour Studies at Flinders University in South Australia has released a report for ...

Private equity capital raising breaks $4bn for 2005-06

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006
... to the same period in 2005." Private equity investing has also fully recovered from the tech wreck induced fund raising drought with the amount of capital raised experiencing a staggering near seven-fold increase since its low point of 2003.

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2006
... collective they have called for 20 per cent of their agricultural goods to have special exemption status. The continuing drought in Australia is expected to reduce the forthcoming crop by about 36 per cent or $3.2 billion to make it the second smallest ...

Economists clash over rates and $A

... growth could force the Reserve Bank to reduce interest rates before needing to raise them. Koukoulas agreed adding the drought as another influence on lower rates and said the next rate cut was either late this year or early next. But chief economist ...

Elders Rural Bank posts fifth straight annual profit rise

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2004
... the season, with good rainfall reported, there are some areas in NSW which remain difficult. Around 87% of NSW is still drought declared. \"In these circumstances ERB will, as it has in the past, continue to work closely with farmers,\" he said.

Aust economic growth slows to just 0.2% in March qtr - ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2004
... national accounts showed the non-farm economy failed to grow at all in the March quarter, while the recovery from the drought boosted the farm economy by 5.9%.

Costello says ninth Budget to produce surplus

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2004
... further risks. "Global interest rates are going to rise over the next year, it looks as if we could have a threat from the drought again... and we've got to manage the switch from the domestic economy, hopefully, to growth coming from outside. "So it's ...

Trade deficit rises to almost $2 billion in March - ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2004
... fall to about $1.5 billion. Exports rose just 1% after a 5% cent fall in rural exports, which had been recovering as the drought broke. And imports increased 3%, driven by a 5% rise in consumer goods - especially clothes and shoes - and telecommunications ...

Australia slips down world export rankings

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
Australia has slipped down the rank of trading countries, new World Trade Organisation (WTO) figures show. The drought and the higher Australian dollar meant Australia's share of world trade dropped 0.1 percentage points to 0.9% during 2003. Australia ...

Manufacturing continues to expand in March quarter: survey

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2004
... strong recovery in the food and beverage sector helped stop a more pronounced slowdown as the tail end effects of the drought continue to subside, the survey said. Of the 12 industries surveyed, eight reported slower production growth in the March qu ...

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