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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
... deposit guarantee proposal. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is due out. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Tuesday finished slightly higher despite big falls ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... increase in the previous three-month period. Wages continue to rise but not too much to push up inflation. Consumer sentiment. The Westpac Melbourne consumer sentiment index rose to 95.3 in May from 94.5 in April. Retail sales. Have jobs and wages growth ...

That anxious wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... home delinquencies dropping to their lowest level since the last three months of 2008. There's the jump in consumer sentiment in May to its highest level in four years. And if these are still not enough, or falters, the Fed's ready. And nobody wants ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... uncertainty in Greece and downbeat euro zone forecasts but then recovered on better-than-expected US inflation and consumer sentiment data. After spending most of the day in the red, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies closed up 0.57 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... uncertainty in Greece and downbeat eurozone forecasts but then recovered on better-than-expected US inflation and consumer sentiment data. After spending most of the day in the red, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies closed up 0.57 per ...

AMP: Govt rules dent super confidence

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
AMP chief executive Craig Dunn has warned about the impact continuous changes can have on consumer sentiment and confidence in the superannuation system. Speaking at the recent AMP AGM, chief executive Craig Dunn was optimistic about the benefits of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... contract was down 56 points at 4,251. In economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment for April and the Australian Bureau of Statistics housing finance figures for February are released. In Atlanta, Reserve ...

All that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... the American consumer accounts for 70% of America's economy. But wait! Read the Conference Board's report on consumer sentiment and you'll find that it wasn't as bad as what the bloggerati make it out to be. Yes, the index dipped to 70.2 in March but ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... well. "The data was not too bad. If you have a look at the big picture there's good employment figures, good consumer sentiment." In Australia, financial stocks are leading the gains. Westpac was the strongest performer of the big banks, gaining 22 cents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... contract was up 43 points at 4,293. In economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment for March is released, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases dwelling unit commencements data for the December ...