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Daily economic update

There was no surprise in the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to keep official interest rates unchanged at 5.5 per cent. Financial markets were certain that the RBA Board's first meeting for 2006 would not produce any movement in credit rates ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2006
... Bank of Australia announces its decision after its first board meeting of 2006 yesterday, although economists expect interest rates to remain unchanged at 5.50 per cent. Also the Westpac/Melbourne Institute February consumer sentiment survey is expected. ...

Daily economic update

... Today's updates on Australian business conditions and retail activity reinforce current market thinking for steady domestic interest rates in the near term. The National Australia Bank's (NAB) business conditions index fell to 11 in the fourth quarter ...

Sunsuper TAPS into retirement age workers

... transition to retirement and opens up a range of possible lifestyle, tax and monetary rewards that are generating considerable interest from people not quite ready to take up full-time retirement." Both the allocated pension and TAP products provide ...

Planners eye Centro direct property

... Unlisted Property Funds index, since inception. Centro's CEO, Andrew Scott, said that underpinning their success is the interest coming from financial planners with the group averaging $20 million of funds inflow monthly over the past six months, a trend ...

Suncorp hands HFA $88.7m mandate

... with low volatility. HFA's senior investment manager, Peter Coates, said their diversified investment fund has attracted interest from institutional investors looking to reduce risk exposure. "We have received a great deal of interest in the HFA Diversified ...

Bluestone reverse mortgage to offer interest rate protection

... subsidiary of Bluestone Group, has released a new reverse mortgage product with a "capped for life" variable rate providing interest rate protection for retirees. Estimated to be worth $600 million in 2005, the reverse mortgage market is the fastest ...

Weekly economic round-up

... reference to a 'measured pace' in the conduct of monetary policy, giving the new Fed Chairman flexibility in adjusting interest rates in coming meetings. This means that further US interest rate movements will be dependent on economic data released between ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2006
... in negative territory, as a report showing stronger job and wage growth fueled fears the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates, while disappointing earnings added to investor gloom. The technology sector skidded on a steep drop in shares of Amazon.com ...

Daily Economic Update

... latest retail sales report confirms still moderate growth in the domestic economy and therefore, provides no pressure on interest rates one way or the other. Similar indications are suggested by the latest service industry survey. Growth in personal ...