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US interest rates likely to rise as inflation builds, poll finds

... Federal Reserve will push up interest rates in the next few months. A Reuters poll taken on Thursday, after the first-quarter gross domestic product report showed a doubling of a key inflation measure, found more Wall Street economists are tilting towards ...

Trust Company sees 5%-10% earnings growth for year ahead

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2004
Financial services provider Trust Company of Australia Ltd expects gross earnings to grow by about 5% to 10% over this financial year after reporting a 5.3% rise in net profit for the year to February 2004. In its first full result since the merger ...

European interest rates to remain steady, ECB chief hints

... monetary affairs committee. Although the Frenchman did not give a figure, the ECB has recently forecast the eurozone would see gross domestic product growth of about 1.4% this year after a mere 0.4% last year. The ECB's governing council is to meet on ...

OECD says recovery slowing in US, eurozone

... as 123.3. The indicator summarises information contained in a number of key short-term indicators known to be linked to gross domestic product and provides early signals of turning points between expansions and slowdowns in economic activity. The OECD ...

QBE could be close to acquisitions

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
... target to the high end of between 10% and 11% after a successful start to the year. The company also expects 10% growth in gross written premiums and a 12.5% rise in net earned premium. QBE's share price has climbed around 12% since late September, 2003 ...

PM Capital launches long-only Aussie equity retail fund

... process to PM Capital's existing long-only Australian equity mandate. PM Capital's Australian equity mandate delivered a gross return of 33.3% over a year to the end of January.

Business indicators show firm end to 2003, but lowers GDP forecast

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2004
... seasonally adjusted inventories rose 0.3% in the fourth quarter from an increase of 2.3% in the September quarter. Company gross operating profits, adjusted, rose 4.6% from a 9.3% surge previously. Meanwhile, estimated income from sales by manufacturers ...

Inventories up 0.3% in December quarter: ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004
... from the previous quarter to $97.261 billion, adjusted. Inventories were up 5.3% on the December quarter last year. Company gross operating profits, in current prices, rose 4.6% in the December quarter, seasonally adjusted, to be up 7% over the year ...

David Jones says Q2 sales up 3.3%

... strong resulting in an overall 3.3 per cent growth for the quarter." He added the company was on track to meet its full year gross margin target, which was outlined in the strategic review last year. Mr McInnes said the company was happy with the early ...

Economy begins 2004 with momentum: ANZ

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2004
... according to an ANZ Bank report. The bank said the local economy seemed to have rebounded smartly from its mid-2003 slump, with gross domestic product (GDP) rising by 1.2% in the September quarter, the strongest quarterly performance in nearly two years. ...