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Economic round-up: Manufacturing out run by fitness

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... trade negotiations. However, pushing manufacturing exports is flogging a lame horse according to the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. In their latest labour market report, DEWR predicts the manufacturing sector will shed close to 34,000 ...

Economic round-up: Business up, sentiment down

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
... the NAB business conditions index, Trading conditions dropped by one point in May, profitability remained steady and employment was up another point, creating a further record. While the economy continues to push against capacity, any new cost or price ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
... AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was down 76 points to 6175. The Federal Department of Employment and Workplace Relations monthly leading indicator of employment for June will be released today. Also, the Housing Industry ...

Economic round-up: Going broke going for broke

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
... income which is another increase of 0.2 percentage points on the December quarter. Despite a booming economy and record employment there are further indications of mounting economic stress from the increase in personal bankruptcies. These have been accelerating ...

Economic round-up: Money cant buy you love

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... climbed only 1 per cent from the fourth quarter. Australia's economy is in its 16th year of growth with the fastest employment growth in 17 years and this has been feeding consumer confidence. It has also feeding economic expansion without pumping up ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
... today will release the house price indices for the March quarter. The Manpower-Melbourne Institute will release its employment report for May. In Canberra, the Federal Department of Employment and Workplace Relations is to release its leading indicator ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... yesterday's board meeting, on the immediate level of official interest rates. In economic news, the Federal Department of Employment and Workplace Relations will release its skilled vacancies index for a monthly survey conducted on April 14. In company ...

ING set to ride structured credit wave

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... set to underpin a continued global expansion," he said. He also said country's central banks' switching focus from employment to inflation has reduced risk premiums and created a more stable investment platform. "The reduced volatility in macroeconomic ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
... labour force data released from the ABS yesterday shows a continuance of the trend of the last year for the full-time employment market to grow significantly while the part-time one has softened considerably. There was net loss of 21,200 part-time positions ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
... Labour force data released from the ABS today shows that over the last month there was a 10.5 per cent increase in employment in Australia in seasonally adjusted terms so that on an annual basis there was a 2.7 per cent growth in the national workforce. ...