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RBA decision takes economists by surprise

... dollar, said Mr McCarthy, would create disinflationary pressures locally but the export market should not be adversely affected because the economy would benefit from lower prices of finished goods that are imported from overseas (such as computers ...

Strong dollar a concern: MIG

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2003
... and "impeded some work on the project" in the last two days, but no MIG staff or construction workers had been directly affected. "We've actually temporarily shut down our office there (and) people are working from home," he said. There was "absolutely ...

ABS announces a 0.6% increase in the September quarter's CPI

... factors (education cost changes are usually in the first quarter of the year whilst during September, health costs are affected by the increase in government benefits). "The surprising factor was that food prices were weaker, although meat prices had ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Quiet end to ASX week

... rose 1.09 percent today as investors focused on domestic-demand linked companies in the belief that they will be least affected by a stronger yen, dealers said. They said the gains were capped by profit-taking. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei-225 index ...

Midday market wrap: All Ords lower at noon after OPEC news

The Australian sharemarket remained lower at noon, still affected by a fall in United States stocks after an OPEC announcement fuelled concern about energy prices. The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries' overnight decision to cut its oil ...

Morning market wrap: Wall Street hit by OPEC cut in supply

Higher energy prices, as OPEC cut back 3.5 per cent of its supply, have adversely-affected Wall Street as the Dow Jones fell 150.53 points or 1.6% of its value. The Nasdaq also fell, by 58.02 points or 3.15% in trading overnight. The FTSE-100 has managed ...

Midday market wrap: All Ords remain in red, NZX back on track

The Australian share market stayed in the red at midday after starting the day lower, affected by weaker world stocks. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 2.9 points weaker at 3190.1, while the all ordinaries index was down 4.7 points to ...

Macquarie executive calls for mortgage industry regulation

... mortgage fraud in Australia represented an estimated 13 per cent of total financial institution losses, and consumers were affected by higher fees that resulted. "With Australians borrowing $10 billion a month to buy or refinance property, that represents ...

NAB Wealth Management companies to pay $67 million in investor compensation

... Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) in relation to investor compensation for October 2001 unit price reductions that affected certain superannuation and life insurance products. NAB is set to pay $67.2 million in compensation to 235,000 investors ...

David Jones reports 2.6% increase in annual sales

... year. David Jones today said sales fell 2.8% in the fourth quarter ended 26 July 2003, to $414 million. "The result was affected by a shorter trading period this quarter for Foodchain, which ceased trading on June 28, 2003," David Jones said. Foodchain ...