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Economics

Economic roundup

MONDAY, 19 SEP 2005 8:52AM

The latest survey on Australian consumer and business confidence released last week ran counter to the strong GDP, good employment results and earlier reports of solid capital investment plans. This acted to reinforce the mixed messages from economic indicators that has persisted over the past few months.

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