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PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
The economic impact of the Federal Government's baby bonus as well as improved employment conditions in Australia have helped improved the national birth rate, according to the latest data from the ABS. The national birth rate is the highest since 1995 ...

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PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
Insight into the CPI data of Wednesday this week arrived today with the publication by the ABS of producer price data. Final stage of production prices increased by 1 per cent over the quarter and 4 per cent compared to this time last year largely as ...

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PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
Just released ABS data on sales of new motor vehicles shows an increase in September in seasonally adjusted terms by 3.0 per cent over the August figure. However, sales are still 3 per cent below their level of a year ago. With the ABS tables it can ...

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PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
The US economy has received good news about the abatement of inflation with the release of consumer and producer price data showing that the consumer index fell by 0.5 per cent in September and that producer prices fell by 1.3 per cent largely as a ...

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PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
The recently released Dun & Bradstreet Business Expectations Survey showed that about a half of business executives expect prices to increase in the fourth quarter of this year and all sectors except wholesaling expect a negative growth in profits. ...

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PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
The US release of key retail sales data for September showed that while there was a 0.4 per cent fall in sales most of this was due to the 9.3 per cent reduction in petrol station sales due to falling fuel costs since July. Consequently, excluding fuel ...

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PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
The release of monthly Australian Bureau of Statistics employment data yesterday revealed that in September about 31,400 jobs were added to the economy, taking the total to 271,000 over the last year. However, the number of people unemployed has dropped ...

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PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
The possibility of an interest rate rise at the next meeting of the RBA increased last night when the governor, Dr Glenn Stevens, mentioned that the September quarter CPI figure due on 25 October would be a linch pin in the decision. Dr Stevens said ...

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PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
The ANZ job advertisement series has shown that the total number of jobs in major metropolitan newspapers as well as the internet has risen by 0.3 per cent in September following the fall of 1.3 per cent in August of this year. The present level is ...

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PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
The National Australia Bank monthly survey of business confidence has found that business conditions fell by 12 points and the overall NAB index fell by six points in September to a score of two. NAB said that expectations are for a weaker December ...

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Grattan Institute renews calls for best-in-show super funds, partial annuitisation

KARREN VERGARA
The Grattan Institute is urging the government to mandate the partial annuitisation of Australians' superannuation and implement the 'best-in-show' list of funds to help simplify a "complex" system and allow retirees to spend their savings with confidence.

Super admin providers face reckoning in 2025: Finura

KARREN VERGARA
More companies will divest their superannuation administration offerings in 2025, according to Finura, as super funds potentially move this service in-house amid tighter scrutiny from the regulators.

Insignia grants CC Capital limited due diligence

ELIZA BAVIN
Insignia said it has carefully considered the revised CC Capital bid which was made last week.

BlackRock settles lawsuit for 'misleading consumers'

ANDREW MCKEAN
BlackRock has reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed by the State of Tennessee, which alleged the asset manager misled consumers about how much its investment strategies were influenced by ESG considerations.

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