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Treasury warns on global recovery

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2003
Treasury has warned the global recovery might turn out to be more hype than substance, reinforcing the government's argument against a hefty hike in interest rates. Treasury's chief macroeconomic adviser Martin Parkinson said the global economy was ...

Economic indicator pointing to stronger growth momentum

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2003
A leading indicator of future economic activity rose above its long term trend rate in September, pointing to a stronger growth momentum in the first half of 2004, according to Westpac. The annualised growth rate of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading ...

Rising rates take steam out of real estate market

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2003
Rising interest rates have helped take some of the steam out of Australia's real estate market as price rises begin to show signs of plateauing and short-term speculators exit the market. Clearance rates at auctions in New South Wales over the past ...

RBA gov says could be generational conflict over tax burden

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2003
A potential conflict is brewing between the generations in Australia where the young may come to resent carrying the tax burden of a greying population, Australia's top banker warned today. Reserve Bank of Australia governor Ian Macfarlane said this ...

Consumer expectations fall to 3.9% in November

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2003
More Australians thought prices could ease in the future as consumers' expectations of inflation fell to 3.9 per cent in November. This followed expectations of a rise to 4.2 per cent in October, a survey found. The Melbourne Institute consumer inflationary ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar stronger after hitting new six-year high

The Australian dollar opened stronger today after hitting another new six-year high of $U0.7190 in New York overnight. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7181/86 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7145/50. The local unit reached ...

Consumer sentiment falls 2% in November: Westpac

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2003
The surprise rise in interest rates pushed Australian consumer sentiment down a notch in November after hitting nine year highs the previous month. The Westpac Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment fell by 2.0 per cent to 115.5 per cent from ...

Morning Market Wrap: Market opens low

In Sydney today, Westpac/Melbourne Institute will release its November consumer confidence survey while the Australian Bureau of Statistics' September quarter wage cost index and lending finance data are due. The Australian stock market dropped by nearly ...

ALP to lift veil on super strategy

ALP shadow treasurer Mark Latham will next week begin to spell out in detail the Federal Opposition's plans for the superannuation industry, as part of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's (ASFA's) annual conference to be held in Brisbane. ...

Midday market report: Shares surge higher on US data

The Australian stock market opened higher today following a surge by stocks on Wall Street overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 16.6 points higher at 3273.1 in early trade while the all ordinaries index had leapt 20.0 points to 3273.1. Overnight ...