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Housing finance may have finally risen in March: economists

Housing finance in Australia may have risen in March for the first time in six months, according to some economists, while others expect the nation's overheated property market to have continued to cool. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will ...

Vodafone picks Nokia to build 3G in Australia, New Zealand

... infrastructure partner in Australia and New Zealand. The decision has been widely touted since Nokia advertised for employees in March for a project manager, rollout manager and project engineer to work on "the 'new wave' network in New Zealand." Vodafone ...

Aust building approvals fall 4.4% in March - ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
Building approvals fell sharply in March, new figures showed today, making up for a surprise increase the previous month. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said building approvals fell 4.4% in March, in line with market expectations, after a ...

Reserve Bank of Australia tipped to leave rates on hold

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
... signs of emerging domestic inflation. But building approvals figures due out today are expected to show a fall of 4.5% in March, after a surprise 3.2% increase in February.

US Fed holds key short-term rate steady

... hiring appears to have picked up." The comment on the labour market was more optimistic than at the Fed's previous meeting in March, when it expressed disappointment that new hiring has lagged. In another change, Fed policy-makers made no mention of ...

Aust bulding approvals likely to fall in March: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
Australian building approvals are expected to resume a downward trend in March, after a surprise hike in February, as approvals for units and apartments come off the boil, economists said. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will publish March ...

Trade deficit rises to almost $2 billion in March - ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2004
Australia's trade gap with the rest of the world widened in March after a weaker-than-expected rise in exports. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the trade deficit rose 15% to to $1.99 billion, defying economists' expectations of a fall ...

Australian price of goods and services rose 0.1% in April: TD/MI

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2004
... Experimental Monthly Inflation Gauge was 0.1% in April, 2.2% higher than a year earlier, and followed an 0.3% increase in March. According to the report, in the last five months the year-ended inflation rate had been around the bottom of the Reserve ...

Bank of Japan chief says GDP growth this year may halt deflation

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2004
... against becoming too optimistic just yet. "Logically, we can expect deflation to ease between the end of this fiscal year in March 2005 and next fiscal year," Fukui told public broadcaster NHK, citing stronger-than-expected growth, corporate and financial ...

Economic growth likely slowed in March quarter: economists

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2004
Weaker domestic demand offset by a further improvement in net exports likely drove a mild slowing in Australia's economic growth during the March quarter. The AAP economic indicator for May shows gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to have grown ...