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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
The Australian share market has had a positive lead from Wall Street, but lower metals prices in London could prove a dampener today. At 0740 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was down 15 points at 5,956. In economics news ...

Mohl joins CBA board

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... November 1996. He also served as director of AMP Life and AMP Capital Investors. Mohl was a former senior and chief economist at ANZ Bank, and previously held the position of deputy head of research at the Reserve Bank of Australia. He also worked on ...

House prices 30 pct overvalued

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... that lack of supply adds a new dynamic that has shifted house prices into an upward spiral, said Dr Shane Oliver, chief economist and chief investment strategist at AMP Capital Investors. "The Australian housing market is softening, the outlook for house ...

Home loan fall follows rate hikes

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... approved. Total housing finance by value fell 5.3 per cent in the month, seasonally adjusted, to $20.202 billion. JPMorgan economist Helen Kevans said the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to increase interest rates in February and March - which ...

Labour force participation up 20 bps

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
The real story in yesterday's unemployment rate staying flat at 4.1 per cent is that labour supply increased. According to the ABS, the flat unemployment rate was accompanied by the number of people unemployed increasing by 16,900 which is the same ...

Carbon assets in valuation freefall

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
The NSW government's decision to sell its coal burning power stations before they lose all their value highlights how deeply our national focus on carbon reduction will impact the economy. The irony is the political debate around the sell-off was opposed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open firmer on the back of a positive finish on Wall Street overnight and a surge in metals prices. At 0730 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was up 44 points at 5,761. In equities ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower on the back of a negative finish on Wall Street overnight. At 0700 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was down ten points at 5,723. In economic news today, the Reserve ...

CPI, housing affordability and oil bills

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
Yesterday's CPI spike just made fighting inflation and housing affordability that little bit harder but at least it will help the country pay for its oil import bill. Inflation rising 4.2 per cent, above what most market economists were expecting, is ...

Brookvine and ipac back Prisma

... team was joined by Girish Reddy, Goldman Sachs' former co-head of equity derivatives; Gavyn Davies, the former chief economist; Thomas Healey, the former head of the pension services group; and Emanuel Derman, the former managing director in Firmwide ...