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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... Association releases its trades report for the same quarter while the Westpac/Melbourne Institute's Survey of Consumer Sentiment is also due out. In equities news, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, CSL, Suncorp Group, Echo Entertainment, Goodman Fielder ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... stocks bounced back from their recent slump. Strong manufacturing data out of China earlier this week and signs consumer sentiment in Australia is picking up have rekindled demand for consumer related shares, CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... after a steady session in the US overnight and European stocks rose. However a fall in the iron ore price, weak consumer sentiment and a stubbornly high Australian dollar were hurting the market, CMC Markets chief analyst Ric Spooner said. Two consumer ...

Market wrap AM

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... at 5,479. In economic news on Wednesday, Westpac and the Melbourne Institute release their latest survey of consumer sentiment. Reserve Bank of Australia chief information officer Sarv Girn is scheduled to speak at a Committee for Economic Development ...

Nothing's good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... growth just reported is inconsistent with Australian consumers' mood (referring, me assume, to the drop in the consumer sentiment index to a three year low in May). But as Westpac chief economist Bill Evan's noted following the release of the consumer ...

ANZ reshuffle drops Australian chief economist role

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... Pacific and the spokesperson confirmed that its job ads series would continue as usual. The recently introduced consumer sentiment surveys in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and China would also remain.

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
... down 25 points at 5,405. In local economic news on Wednesday, the latest Westpac/Melbourne Institute survey of consumer sentiment is released, and the bureau of statistics publishes its wage price index for the March quarter. In company news, building ...

Promises promises and broken promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... Commission on Audit's recommended budget measures hit the headlines. A more recent survey showed a sharp drop in consumer sentiment. According to 'The Age', "...the ANZ Bank-Roy Morgan indicator, sentiment has slumped 8 per cent over the past fortnight ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... at 5,428. In economic news on Wednesday, Westpac and the Melbourne Institute release their latest survey of consumer sentiment. The Australian Bureau of Statistics publishes housing finance data for February and international merchandise imports data ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... Philip Lowe is slated to give a speech at a Sydney Institute function. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is due out. The Global Iron Ore and Steel Forecast conference runs for its second day in Perth with respresentatives from ...