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| | | ... bubbles and raising the risk of overcapacity as factory investment heads into excessive levels. Stephen Roach, chief economist, and soon to be Asia chairman at Morgan Stanley believes that this year is crucial to China's senior leadership and hat 2007must ... |
| | | | The Australian share market is expected to fall again following a third day of losses on Wall St, and continued weakness in commodity prices. At 0648 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was down 92 points to 6224. In the ... |
| | | | Federal Treasurer Peter Costello must be preparing for curtain calls on his economic management performance as solid household consumption and a rush of business investment have driven Australia's economic expansion rate to its strongest levels in three ... |
| | | | ... the rate of imports leaving our current account deficit sitting at 5.7 per cent of GDP. Interestingly, HSBC's chief economist, Dr John Edwards, said in a paper written for CEDA that a large part of our deficit is attributable to net payments on interest ... |
| | | | Australia's current account deficit is expected to have narrowed in the first quarter where exports climbed and companies paid less interest on their overseas borrowings. The current account deficit is the broadest measure of trade because it includes ... |
| | | | Comments by former US Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, over China's "unsustainable" market weighed heavily on the Australian dollar yesterday, while the OECD flagged a threat to our inflation. On Wednesday Dr Greenspan, speaking by satellite ... |
| | | | ... extremes. Given slowing housing growth and increased competition on lending spreads, earnings risk is becoming an issue. The Economist recently likened Asia's banks (and to Americans that includes us too) to children with over-protective parents, where ... |
| | | | ... instalments in their super funds, but were reluctant to do so until there was legislation." However, Shane Oliver, chief economist and head of investment strategy at AMP capital investors, dismissed the timing issue, saying June 30 was too close to allow ... |
| | | | With tax cuts on the way and consumer confidence at a 32 year high, it seems Australians are staking out the stores and car yards with smoking wallets and little thought of the consequential pressure applied to inflation. The general consensus among ... |
| | | | It would seem the Government's tax cuts and economic performance may not buy votes after all, according to Newspoll market research, as despite Australian consumers being happier than ever since the Whitlam Government began to implode they still don't ... |
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