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Government lifts deeming rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
... Higher rates apply to any part of a financial investment over the relevant threshold. A joint statement by the Government Ministers for the impacted portfolios said, "It is important that deeming rates realistically reflect the market returns available ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
... & Telephone. Japan's largest company Toyota has fallen in price recently as a consequence of the call by G7 finance ministers for an appreciation of the currency which has gone up against 13 of the 16 most traded currencies.

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
... concerns about the development of the skill base in Australia, the federal government will today ask state training ministers to lift the quantity of vocational qualifications by 2 per cent each year. The Monash University Centre for the Economics of ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2006
... such operations. It found oil in 1996 in Bangladesh's Sanghu region and is also looking in Nepal. In the next day OPEC ministers from eleven member states representing about 40 per cent of global production will meet to discuss pricing and policies for ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
Treasurer Costello has given notice that at the forthcoming November Group of 20 (G20) meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Melbourne there will be fertile discussion about the oil market and the need for a stronger institutional ...

Economic roundup

... the view that higher fuel and heating costs will slow US consumer spending, helping to contain inflation. In Vienna, ministers of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will meet to discuss oil production. With the high price of crude ...

Australian-Thai FTA signed

... trade agreement (FTA) with confidence growing it will deepened Australia\'s economic links with South East Asia. Prime ministers Thaksin Shinawatra and John Howard signed the deal, along with several other agreements covering environment, heritage, education ...

New super laws pass through parliament

... the Senate after Labor chose not to insist on its proposed amendment to cap the entitlement of the eight most senior ministers. But while the new law will ensure newly elected MP's and senators will now only receive a 9% taxpayer-funded contribution ...

China and Australia to fast-track FTA study

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2004
... first FTA with any country other than Hong Kong and would be modelled on the FTA between Australia and Thailand. The ministers also agreed Australia and China should cooperate more closely to secure a successful conclusion in the World Trade Organisation's ...

Major industrial nations see strong economic growth ahead

... weekend meeting, even though there are concerns about high oil prices and continuing unrest in the Middle East. Finance ministers and central bankers wrapped up three days of talks Sunday with a meeting of the World Bank's policy-setting committee on ...