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Money can't buy confidence

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2007
... September to 115.7 from 111.1 in August and the index is demonstrating a particularly confident consumer. Westpac's chief economist Bill Evans said, "Last month the Index fell by 8.1 per cent following the Reserve Bank's decision to raise interest rates ...

Return of the 'R' word

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
The Aussie market today can expect more bruises, as it seems that no sooner do the bandages come off that the markets cop another battering from somewhere else. US stock markets were mauled again on Friday by more bad news, this time from a surprise ...

World's biggest fund eyes Aus resources

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... soon start targeting Australian mining companies to shore up the country's resource supplies, according to AMP chief economist Shane Oliver. The company, created through a special one-off bond release of 600 billion Yuan ($97 billion dollars) will be ...

Equities' erratic flight path

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... of a cut to the Fed's targeted cash rate on September 18 even if the volatility subsides. NabCapital's chief market economist, Robert Henderson has said, "Plenty of bad news is gestating in the pipeline which is likely to come out in dribs-and-drabs ...

Debt climbs, home values fall

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
Scores of US government officials along with housing executives vowed it could never happen, nonetheless, the national median price of American homes is expected to fall for the first time since statistics began in 1950. Economists forecast the decline ...

Channel 3: Highlights from the 2007 ASFA Budget Luncheon

Economist and company director Don Stammer talks about the China supercycle, the rising cost of beer and what he thinks of Australia's retirement policies. In May this year, Stammer gave an entertaining and insightful speech at the ASFA Budget Luncheon ...

Surplus surpluses and soaring profits

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... more good news with an increase to 7.1 per cent in June, above its long-term trend of 4.5 per cent. Westpac's Chief Economist, Bill Evans commented, "Growth in the Leading Index has been significantly above its long term trend for the last year. Not ...

Risky business

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... easing of policy, the Federal Reserve overcompensated the system to ensure ample market liquidity. NabCapital's senior economist, David de Garis, said the irony of this market panic is that "the core economy of US banking system is just fine." Also as ...

Corporates ride market turbulence

... to +20 points. Capacity utilisation was also up 0.2 per cent to a high of 83.3 per cent. Nab Capital's senior market economist, Spiros Papadopoulos noted: "In contrast, business confidence fell 3 points to +12 in July, reflecting expectations that the ...

Liquidity evaporates

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
... this move was needed to bring credit conditions back in line with central-bank policy. Goldman Sachs senior European economist Erik Nielsen praised the move that by day's end had the rate trading around 4.1 per cent. He told The Wall Street Journal "In ...