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Manufacturing continues to expand in March quarter: survey

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2004
Australian manufacturing activity continued to expand in the March quarter of 2004, despite easing from late 2003, a survey showed. The Australian Industry Group PricewaterhouseCoopers Quarterly Survey of Australian Manufacturing showed the net balance ...

IPO stampede could create headwind for market

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2004
The rush of initial public offerings (IPO) coming to the Australian share market were a sign of strength but could also slow down activity on the bourse, one investment manager has said. Last week saw another flurry of IPO activity as floats that were ...

S&P lowers NAB rating to AA-minus from A

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2004
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said that it has lowered its long-term counterparty credit rating on National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB), and related entities, to AA-minus from AA. This includes its counterparty credit rating and insurer financial ...

Super growth funds on a high in February: InTech

Superannuation growth funds continued their upward performance trend in February, with the median growth manager gaining 1.7% to produce strong returns of 8.1% for the financial year to date, according to figures released by InTech. InTech observed ...

RBA to look to wages data for inflation outlook

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
Figures out today will give the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) an indication if it needs to tackle potential wages inflation when it meets on interest rates next month. Earlier this month the RBA warned that the strength of the labour market may boost ...

Home lending falls off in December

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2004
New home loans fell for the third month in a row in December as back-to-back interest rate hikes began to bite. But economists said the fall would not be enough to deter the Reserve Bank from raising rates again in coming months, given the overall strength  ...

AIF to maintain dividends, after reporting $11.2 million net profit

Australian Infrastructure Fund (AIF) said today it would continue to sustain dividends, forecasting a 5.5 cents distribution for the second half of 2003/04, similar to the first half. The company reported a net profit of $11.263 million compared with ...

Inflation likely to decline further over coming year: RBA

Inflation is expected to fall in 2004 before rising again the following year, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said today. "Inflation is likely to decline further over the coming year, and could fall as low as 1.5 per cent, before returning to around ...

ANZ newspaper job ads rise 2.3% in Jan

Australian newspaper job advertisements rose 2.3 per cent, seasonally adjusted, in January to 20,783 a week - its sharpest increase in eight months. The January figures follows a revised 6.9 per cent fall in December and 0.8 per cent slip in November ...

Market Wrap

The Australian dollar opened higher before the release of a statement from the Reserve Bank that economists expect will indicate further rate rises are on the cards. At 0700 AEDT the local currency was trading at $US0.7664/69 compared with Friday's ...