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Aust share market expected to push on to new records

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2004
... 1,123.92 and the Nasdaq Composite Index put on 24.66 points, or 1.32 per cent, to 1,894.31. AMP Capital Investors chief economist Shane Oliver said the recent profit reporting season had laid the platform for further gains by the Australian share market. ...

Weak jobs data may mean delayed rate rise: economists

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2004
Weaker than expected jobs data meant the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) may not have a case to raise interest rates straight after the October election, economists said today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics today said total employment had fallen ...

RBA leaving rates on hold until after election: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2004
... bank today kept interest rates steady at 5.25%, following its monthly board meeting yesterday. Commonwealth Bank senior economist Michael Workman said he expected a 25 basis point rate rise by the end of the year because the economy was still running ...

Aust bond market opens broadly unchanged ahead of US jobs report

... had a quiet night, investors preferring to wait for the US payrolls number to be released Friday night,\" St George economist Adam Carr said. The market expects tomorrow night\'s key US non-farm payrolls report to show employers added 150,000 new jobs ...

Economy well placed for solid growth: Costello

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2004
The Australian economy was well placed to maintain solid growth, Treasurer Peter Costello said today. Costello\'s comments came after new figures showed Australia\'s economy picked up the pace in the June quarter, despite a surprise slump in the farm ...

Aust annual GDP rate wont ease inflation concerns: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2004
... solid rebound of between 0.8 to 1.1% for June, adjusted. Over the year to June, GDP rose 4.1%. Commonwealth Bank chief economist Michael Blythe said at first glance the data looked a little disappointing, but said once the upward revision in the March ...

Market Wrap

The Australian dollar opened stronger today after the US dollar lost ground overnight on weaker than expected economic data. At 0700 AEST the local currency was trading at US$0.7043/48, compared with 0.7005/09 at yesterday\'s close. It reached a low ...

Chin takes on credit and portfolio risk at Tyndall

... worked with the National Australia Bank in a range of positions including credit analyst in the State credit bureau; economist, group strategic development; manager strategic analysis in Asia and portfolio manager within the debt markets team of National ...

Aust current account deficit expected to narrow in June qtr

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2004
... GDP. \"Australia\'s current account deficit has been retreating (relative to GDP) for a year now,\" Commonwealth Bank economist Tobin Gorey said. \"In the second quarter of last year the deficit peaked out at 6.5% of GDP.\" Gorey said the bank expected ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2004
... uncertainty in Australian financial markets, including shares, over the next six weeks,\" AMP Capital Investors chief economist Shane Oliver said. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract - an indicator of activity ahead ...