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Stagflation policy conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
... Australian economy, the RBNZ is expecting a recession. Bollard noted that a confluence of negative factors including the drought, higher interest rates, dearer fuel and food prices and the slump in the housing market contributed to sharply weaken domestic ...

RMBS market on brink of collapse

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... market share dramatically in recent months. After steadily falling from 65 to 58 per cent between 2004 and 2007, the RMBS drought has seen banks reclaim 10 per cent of the market returning them to the glory days when they dominated the market. Non-bank ...

Finsia launches Career Portal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) takes another step towards addressing the country's talent drought when it launched a new service dedicated to those considering a career in financial services. Finsia has launched Career Portal ...

IFM boosts stake in Ecogen

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... River at the mouth of Port Philip Bay helps ensure electricity supply during water shortages associated with the ongoing drought." IFM is owned by Industry Super Holdings and is one of the largest global infrastructure investment managers, with more ...

Westpac's Kelly signs UN water mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... our stakeholders and we are involved in a number of initiatives to address and provide support to those affected - from drought relief solutions for agribusiness to financial support for access to clean and safe drinking water in rural areas of Fiji," ...

NZ economy goes negative

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008
... "Primary industries recorded their largest quarterly decline since March 1998, as the agricultural sector struggled due to drought experienced in key growing areas of the country. Higher production costs, particularly fuel costs, also dampened activity ...

Iron Ore price jumps 85 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... Agricultural exports including wheat, barley, canola, pulses, grain sorghum, cotton lint and seed, sugar and wine - long hit by drought and currency markets - are set to attract record revenues as well. "Export earnings from the farm sector are forecast ...

Retail spending is not slowing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... also be moving up because of cost shifts in the economy due to the spiraling price of food which is in-turn driven by the drought, the commodities boom, riding oil prices and consequent lack of supply. Reflecting this, the ABS said food retailing jumped ...

Agriculture drives biofuel investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... for this is "morally unacceptable and irresponsible" he added. For Australian farmers battling to hold on after years of drought and now crippling credit charges, the news couldn't be any more welcome as even with these expected booming returns it will ...

Consumer confidence plummets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... change rapidly as while economic issues account for two out of three of our top concerns this quarter, last quarter the drought was the major concern followed by the environment and the health system, though with the December results lining up with Australia ...