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Iraqi economic growth to hit 7 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... climb even further during the year as Iraqi authorities make provision for massive inward investment flows in this year's budget. Offsetting the 7 per cent GDP growth is inflation which is in two-digits. But it's now falling due to improved capacity. ...

BRICs to surge as G7 slows

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
... inflation target, should ease strains in the labour market," noted the OECD. Moreover the OECD has warned that "Prudent budget management [in Australia], while allowing the automatic stabilisers to operate, would also help moderate the pressures on capacity ...

'Tis the season to invest

While many Australians will be thinking about their Christmas shopping list, a survey has found one in ten will spend the holiday break thinking about their investments. Mortgage broker X Inc Finance has surveyed nearly 300 people last month to find ...

Matrix selects DMS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
Matrix Planning Solutions has given the thumbs up to Dealer Management System (DMS) Adviser Online software after successfully implementing the software across its dealer group. DMS software provides transparent revenue information, a fully functional ...

The $200 super gift

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
Australians can bump up their Christmas budget by cashing in their unclaimed super account balances, as long as the total amount is less than $200. Matt McCrory, AUSfund manager, said Australia has more than 5.5 million unclaimed super accounts valued ...

Fix your interest

... over how much they can actually earn in interest on their regular savings account which makes it difficult for them to budget for the future. But with eOptions, they can choose to fix the interest rate on as much or as little of their savings as they ...

Praemium wins UK platform deal

... platforms in the region with over $35 billion in assets under administration. The contract follows the UK Government's pre-budget report which revealed its plans to make legislative changes to its existing Capital Gains Tax (CGT) treatment. Initially ...

Reverse mortgages, three years on

... did not know how compound interest worked. The availability of loan credit also meant some respondents found it hard to budget or resist the spend. 'Some borrowers had difficulty budgeting. One borrower with a reverse mortgage said it was 'like having ...

Sub-prime's house of cards

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
Like a house of cards near an open window, many things tumbled overnight - US shares, the ASX/S&P 200, Asian stocks, the FTSE, US bond yields, gold, base metals, the Aussie dollar and, on the upside, oil prices also dropped. Asian markets tumbled after ...

Deck the halls with interest rate hikes

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
Looks like the May budget's tax cuts have poured straight into cash registers as retail spending data has shown a blow-out that has the market not just certain Cup Day will win us a rate hike but there will likely be another one under the Christmas ...