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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
... at 66.2 per cent, the unemployment rate fell from 4.5 per cent to 4.4 per cent. The IMF has reduced its forecast for the US GDP by 0.3 per cent to 2.6 per cent this year and 3 per cent next year. The IMF global growth estimate is presently 4.9 per cent ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
... continued softening of the housing market there where demand is the lowest it has been for decades. With about 70 per cent of US GDP coming from consumer demand the seriousness of the situation can be appreciated. The Australian Prudential Regulatory ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2006
... 2003 has such a low score been recorded. The result from the manufacturing sector which accounts for about 12 per cent of US GDP adds to the evidence about poor state of the US housing market which by most measures is in the worst position it has been ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
... points to 2,430.62. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index ended six days of losses as the US dollar rallied after a positive US GDP report. The FTSE 100 index closed up 58.5 points at 6,084.4. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6363.8 points, up 82.12 points. ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2006
... recent pattern of extreme volatility, and market watchers say jitters about interest rates are not over, despite encouraging US GDP data. The FTSE 100 index closed 90.6 points or 1.6 per cent higher at 5,677.7. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 5706.06 ...

Daily economic update

A sharp increase in durable goods orders in March affirms expectations of a strong first quarter US GDP growth. US durable goods orders rose by 6.1 per cent in March - the biggest increase in 10 months - following a 3.4 per cent rise in the previous ...

Daily Economic Update

... units in the previous month. Sales declined in all regions. Housing is important to as it has been a large contributor to US GDP growth and rising prices has provided a large impetus to consumer spending. Economists expect US housing affordability to ...

Daily Economic Update

... at its lowest level since May 2003. This is an important indicator to watch as housing has been a large contributor to US GDP growth, and has underpinned consumer spending (rising house prices allow consumers to increase spending by extracting housing ...

Market wrap

... overnight, with European, Asian and US markets all higher after world oil prices slid back below the US$40 a barrel mark. Solid US GDP data, printing at an annualised 4.4% for the quarter, up from 4.3% previously, also boosted optimism on the recovery ...

US GDP growth slows in Q4

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2004
US economic growth slowed to a 4% annual rate in the closing three months of 2003, less than half the third-quarter pace as consumers curbed their spending, the Commerce Department reported on Friday. The fourth-quarter expansion in gross domestic product ...