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Economic round-up: Economists weather forecast

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
Australia's current account deficit is expected to have narrowed in the first quarter where exports climbed and companies paid less interest on their overseas borrowings. The current account deficit is the broadest measure of trade because it includes ...

A merger made in heaven

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... creating Thomson-Reuters. This new combined entity would keep dual listings in Toronto and London and Reuters' venerable chief, Tom Glocer, would take the helm, however the Thomson family would retain a controlling stake. Reaction to the merger has been ...

Can the cash-fest save our competitiveness?

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
Just as well the Federal Government included some infrastructure and education spending in the Budget, but considering the money wont begin to flow until 2009 our global competitiveness ranking is likely to continue to be cut-down. According to the ...

Brumbie: The only Budget numbers that matter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
It's Christmas Eve and by this time tomorrow we'll all know if Santa has given us the present we wanted, but to really make sense of the Budget you need to understand the ground rules. The Budget might look like a financial document because it has numbers ...

Consulting the cows

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
Ask 100 economists to predict the direction of interest rates, economic growth and inflationary pressures, and you would invariably get 100 different answers. In Cambodia they ask the royal cows. Heavily reliant on agriculture, Cambodia's ancient ploughing ...

Inflation could still rain on the parade

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
Interest rates may be on hold for another six months and we could see a larger than expected cash surplus resulting in multi-billion dollar pre-election tax cuts. Fears of increasing consumer spending impacting inflation would already seem justified ...

AFS increases stake in Salisbury

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... "Institutional independence was critical to the future direction and expansion planned for AFS," he said. TSG chairman, Professor Tom Valentine said; "All advisers will benefit from the breadth and diversity of the combined approved product list, while ...

Crystal ball gets cloudy in wait for CPI figures

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
Inflation figures out tomorrow will be a telling predictor into the RBA's decision on domestic interest rates next week. Many economists are already tipping that, with further deterioration in import prices set to push down headline inflation over months ...

BT gets Oarsome and rows ahead of fleet

James Tomkins, Olympic gold medallist and member of the 'Oarsome Foursome' Australian rowing team has joined the investment management sales division of BT Financial Group in Melbourne. Tomkins previously worked at Westpac Private Banking before moving ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
Australian stocks have ticked slightly higher at midday, after a choppy morning's trade. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 Index was 6.5 points higher at 5929.7, while the all ordinaries gained 3.6 points to 5916.9. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...