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Economic round up: weather winners and losers

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
... Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) Australia's wheat production is expected to more than double from the previous years drought stricken harvest and farm production is now forecast to rise by around 13 per cent in 2007-08. Not so lucky are coal ...

Economic round-up: Business up, sentiment down

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
... away. JP Morgan is forecasting a 25bp rise in July this year with another on the cards for February 2008 - this time the drought is to blame with expected second and third round impacts on inflation.

Economic round-up: RBA thumbs-up

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... five years of this decade export volumes as a percentage of GDP have suffered the biggest drop in 45 years of data The drought has only added to this trend in declining exports with a 29 per cent drop in cereal grains dragging the total rural export ...

Economic round-up: Economists weather forecast

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... farmers are experiencing, but economists-turned-weather-forecasters, who are already counting on boosted exports "when the drought breaks", could be counting a few chickens before they hatch.

Economic round-up: Hey big spenders

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... trend that will only increase the pressure on inflation. While it is expected that spending on food will have increased as drought conditions trigger price rises, according to the Bureau of Statistics that's not where consumers are ploughing their money. ...

Mining may halt but football endures

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
... hit. Newcrest Mining's Cadia Hill goldmine is to wait for on a decision whether it will receive 450 million litres of drought stricken Orange City's drinking water. The mine uses 1 million litres of water per every job that would be lost if the mine ...

Get outta town

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... similar to Tourism NSW's short breaks getaways. This should bring some extra tourism dollars to communities battling the drought, but the unfortunate losers are local businesses, as this Sydney-exclusive holiday is estimated to potentially cost them ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... budget will be handed down in Melbourne, which will include tax cuts for business and a $1.3-billion package to boost drought-ravaged regional areas In company news, St George Bank will announce its half year results, while energy giant Santos and Aristocrat ...

Portfolio Partners offsets co2 with tree-planting program

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
... be integrated into existing farming and grazing operations of the landowner. Mallee Eucalyptus are renowned for their drought and fire resistance, and have an average estimated lifespan of nearly 400 years. Portfolio Partners has already established ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
... following the driest winter on record, the wheat crop is now expected to be down about 64 per cent. The negative impact of the drought upon national GDP remains at 0.75 per cent. In news from the US, the bright note was that US pending home sales were ...