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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
The just released National Australian Bank Monthly Business Survey for December 2006 has noted that although business conditions remain strong there has been some softening from the strong levels reported in the previous quarter. NAB says that weaker ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
Some good news with respect to Australia's skills development and technological strength following the announcement by Education, Science and Training Minister Julie Bishop that the national science organisation CSIRO will receive $2.5 billion in funding. ...

First SEQUAL approved broker

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
Western Australian mortgage broker Pauline Murray, of Horizon Mortgage Planners, has become the first Senior Australians Equity Release Association of Lenders (SEQUAL) accredited mortgage consultant in Australia. Murray received the accreditation after ...

Praemium adds Vic State manager

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2007
Praemium Portfolio Services has announced the appointment of a Victorian State manager, giving the business servicing capacity nationwide. Damien Monahan steps into the role of Victorian State manager with 20 years of accounting and financial services ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2006
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) has again revised its estimates of the impact of the national drought which is now expected to impact about 60 per cent of the nation's arable land as opposed to the forecast of 40 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
While the Western Australian Government is expected to announce a revised estimate of the State budget above the $1.27 billion already forecast from the May budget, a survey by BankWest and the WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry found that in all 16 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment rose by 11.8 per cent over the month to December having fallen 9.7 per cent in November. The November fall was effected by the RBA rate rise a week earlier and the 32,00 fall in employment ...

AAA and Questus marching to the same drum

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
Adelaide based AAA Financial Group and Western Australian based Questus Capital have entered into a strategic partnership to streamline back office and support functions and establish one of the country's largest non-aligned planner networks. The strategic ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia announced that it will not lift the cash rate from its present level of 6.25 per cent. This may be seen as a consequence of further evidence of a slowing national economy as retail sales remain flat, new motor vehicle sales ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2006
Australian retails sales data just released by the ABS shows that over the last month there was a 0.8 per cent increase on a seasonally adjusted basis following the revised increase of 0.3 per cent in September and a 0.2 increase in August. Western ...