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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
... survey has been running. As the third consecutive quarter of negative expectations for growth in sales, profits and employment, the latest survey shows that only 4 per cent of business executives interviewed believed that the 2006 pre-Christmas consumer ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
... points to 2,330.79. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index of leading shares ended almost flat, supported by the strong US employment data and an upbeat survey of UK service sector firms but wary of looming interest rate rises. The FTSE 100 closed at 6,148.1 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
... September quarter, a likely indicator of future interest rate moves, will be a focus of the market. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations will also release its skilled job vacancies index for October. In corporate news, Air New Zealand ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
The economic impact of the Federal Government's baby bonus as well as improved employment conditions in Australia have helped improved the national birth rate, according to the latest data from the ABS. The national birth rate is the highest since 1995 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
... Empire State manufacturing index which came in stronger than anticipated rising to 22.9 from 13.8 in September. The employment measure increased from 12.5 to 19.4 and shipments increased by two points to 22.5 suggesting a slight rebound in US manufacturing ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
... companies face up to $825,000 and up to $1.65 million in the case of fatalities. Data complied by the Office of the Employment Advocate shows that since March of this year about three times as many workers have undertaken collective agreements as have ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
The release of monthly Australian Bureau of Statistics employment data yesterday revealed that in September about 31,400 jobs were added to the economy, taking the total to 271,000 over the last year. However, the number of people unemployed has dropped ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
... Sentiment released this morning showed a bounced back in September on the back of cheaper petrol prices and strong employment growth. The index increase 3.9 per cent from the August figure, which saw consumer confidence plunged to a five-year low in ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
... although the trend rate of growth in this series has been in decline since late 2005. ANZ says that this cooling in employment will continue for the rest of 2006 and that labour market conditions will remain tight. The Australian Industry Group has released ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
... Index closed down 6.35 points at 2,299.99. LONDON - The FTSE 100 index ended down after weaker-than-expected September employment data in the US, but reaching the psychological 6,000-point level. The FTSE closed at 6001.2 points, down 3.3 points, but ...