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Building approvals slide for second month in a row

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2004
... 6.7% slump in November. The apparent slowing in the housing market gives hope to homebuyers that the Reserve Bank of Australia will hold off raising interest rates at its first meeting for the year. Most economists are tipping rates to stay on hold ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2004
... Australian dollar opened weaker across the board, as traders squared up their long positions ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's announcement tomorrow morning. At 0700 AEDT the local unit was trading at $US0.7574/82 compared with yesterday's close ...

Credit growth continues steady rise in December

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2004
Australia's credit growth continued its steady rise in December with the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) recent interest rate hikes seemingly doing little to reduce the demand for credit. Private sector credit rose by 1.2% in December, seasonally ...

New figures expected to show easing inflation

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2004
... will rise 0.5%, giving an annual inflation rate of 2.4%, down from 2.6%. This would sit well within the Reserve Bank of Australia's stated target band of 2% to 3%.

Regional recovery under way: report

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2004
... and half year high - and almost back to the level reached prior to the lift in interest rates by the Reserve Bank of Australia. During the peak of the drought consumer sentiment dipped below 100.

Fraser takes swipe at CEO salary packs

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2004
The former governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Bernie Fraser, has taken a swipe at executive pay levels during the launch of a promotional campaign for superannuation funds bank Members Equity (ME). Fraser, who is chairman of ME, said chief executives ...

Vaile warns RBA board on impact of dollar

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia board had to take into consideration the strong dollar and its impact on exporters when it next meets, Trade Minister Mark Vaile said. Mr Vaile said a further rise in interest rates would only strengthen the Australian ...

Rate rise will have slowed home loan demand: economists

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2004
An unexpected interest rate rise from the Reserve Bank of Australia last November probably slowed housing finance applications that month, according to economists. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the November housing finance for owner occupation ...

January consumer inflation expectations record sharp rise

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2004
... expectations rose to 4.6% in January from 3.1% in December. Consumers expecting inflation to fall within the Reserve Bank of Australia's target band of between two and three per cent also fell significantly this month, reversing the trend of the past ...

Consumer sentiment reaches nine-year high

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2004
... Australian consumer sentiment rose to its highest in nine years in January, despite two rate hikes by the Reserve Bank of Australia late last year. The Westpac Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment rose 4.8% this month to 118.7, from 113.3 ...