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Corporates ride market turbulence

... healthy 35 per cent. Yesterday the NAB Monthly Business Survey for July showed further strength in Australian business conditions, rising 4 points in July to +20 points. Capacity utilisation was also up 0.2 per cent to a high of 83.3 per cent. Nab Capital's ...

Economic round-up: Business up, sentiment down

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
... March quarter and subsequent surveys support an expectation of little change for June. According to the NAB business conditions index, Trading conditions dropped by one point in May, profitability remained steady and employment was up another point ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... record of 6370.1. NEW YORK - US stocks were in and out of positive territory overnight with an upbeat report on business conditions and data suggesting strength in the job market signalled a reduced chance of interest-rate cuts. Shares of interest-rate ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
... Australia Bank Business Confidence Survey indicating a decrease by 2 points to a score of 10 in the last month. Business Conditions edged down marginally by 1 point to a score of +17, while trading remained unchanged at +24 points and employment conditions ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
... like those involved in personal finance transactions. The commercial finance result reflects the survey of business conditions and confidence by NAB that were released a couple of days ago showing a significant amount of optimism in the year ahead for ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
The National Australia Bank monthly survey of business conditions and business confidence has been released showing a improvement in the conditions measure to a score of 18 which sits just below the record of 18.6 that was achieved in March 2006. Constituent ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
National Australia Bank's Monthly Business Survey for January has shown that business conditions rose by 6 points to a score of +17 as a result of an 8 point increase in the profitability index, which is now at a new record high of +19. Opposing the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
... October of last year but still significantly above the long-run average of 6. On a state by state basis, the business conditions indices appear to be converging. The capacity utilization index produced by NAB is near a record high at 82.5 per cent in ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
... The just released National Australian Bank Monthly Business Survey for December 2006 has noted that although business conditions remain strong there has been some softening from the strong levels reported in the previous quarter. NAB says that weaker ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
The National Australia Bank's Monthly Business Survey has reported that business conditions fell by 4 points to a score of +14 during November to effectively reverse the rise of last month but still keep the index at strong levels. Business conditions ...