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Interest rates expected to stay on hold

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
... rates. Retail sales jumped 0.7% in January as shoppers took advantage of cheap imported goods thanks to the higher Aussie dollar. But Australia's current account deficit failed to live up to expectations of a significant improvement, the gap narrowing ...

Strong A$ not all bad news for exporters: CommSec

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2004
A report on the way a strong Aussie dollar affects share prices has challenged conventional wisdom that it is bad for exporters, saying resource shares can gain value alongside a muscular local currency. The CommSec report argues the impact of the stronger ...

Jobs figures strengthen expectations of further rate hike

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2004
... the first quarter, the accelerating Australian dollar was complicating the picture. "The speed of the rise in the Aussie dollar could see the RBA push back the timing of the move," she said.

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar continues to climb

... the benefit from that," Miss Trinh said. "Commodities posted new highs again and that's of obvious benefits to the Aussie dollar. "And also you saw the US dollar weaker across the board." The US dollar continued to fall against the euro, British pound ...

Costello says inflationary pressure in check

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2003
... period ahead, with trading partners recovering and the drought breaking, despite the drag on exports from the higher Aussie dollar. "The Australian economy is well position to maintain solid growth over the period ahead, with domestic demand retaining ...

Midday Market Wrap: Bank shares surge, dollar jumps on interest rate hike

... from $US0.7300 to 0.7316 at 0933 AEDT. "The increase was pretty much as expected and factored into markets and the Aussie dollar was up sharply overnight," he said. The local unit hit a high of $US0.7325 overnight on a weakening US dollar. All Ordinaries ...

Business expectations deteriorating: ACCI/Westpac

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2003
... utilisation rose to a 15-year high, although employment softened. But forward projections of orders plunged and the higher Aussie dollar was expected to cut exports back, while cost pressures rose and profit expectations for the next 12 months halved. ...

Current account deficit improves in September quarter after some exports recover

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2003
... impact of SARS depressed exports. Today's figures showed exports fell two per cent in the quarter as the higher Aussie dollar took a toll on recovering rural exports. The volume of rural exports rose two per cent while prices fell three per cent, as ...

Afternoon market wrap: shares close firmer

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2003
... a significant portion of their earnings offshore. "There's a bit of improved sentiment as a result of the weaker Aussie dollar," he said. At 1627 AEDT, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 13 points higher at 3199.0 ...

Merchandise imports rise to $11.84 billion: ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2003
Merchandise imports rose three per cent in October to $11.84 billion as the higher Aussie dollar pushed down the price of imported goods. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said imports rose $350 million in the month. Imports of food and live ...