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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
... gathered for a two-day meeting that could yield indications about future interest rate moves. An announcement on the central bank's deliberations is expected on Wednesday afternoon. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 10.97 points to 12,127.88 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
... per cent of the previous quarter. Inflation rose from 1.3 to 1.5 per cent to continue the concerns of the Chinese central bank about an overheating economy.

China growth an uneven story: Keating

... indiscriminate lending, said Keating, has meant that a lot of the investment is irrational and sub-economic. "The Central Bank, of course, is very concerned about this - about the quality of the loans - but it cannot see into what it calls the black ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
... the last year on a seasonally adjusted basis and departures from Australia were up by 4.1 per cent. The European Central bank has decided to lift interest rates for the European Union by 0.25 per cent to 3.25 per cent which is the highest rate in about ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2006
... the last year on a seasonally adjusted basis and departures from Australia were up by 4.1 per cent. The European Central bank has decided to lift interest rates for the European Union by 0.25 per cent to 3.25 per cent which is the highest rate in about ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2006
... Australian share market is expected to open stronger today after a firmer Wall Street lead and expectations the US central bank won't lift interest rates this week. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0733 AEST, the September share price index contract ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2006
... foreign and local bond instruments and on gold. This portfolio of asset is presently worth about $100 billion. As a central bank it does not need to pay interest on the $34 billion of Australian banknotes currently on issue. A report by the OECD has ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
... Stearns raised their ratings on the stocks. Meanwhile, Chicago Fed President Michael Moskow said the pause in the central bank's string of rate increases earlier this month was "constructive," but more rate hikes could still be needed to cut inflation. ...

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 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
... stocks rose as oil prices dropped and investors interpreted a tame increase in core consumer prices to mean the US central bank would not raise interest rates in the short term. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 96.86 points to 11,327.12, while ...