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InTech appoint Hugh Dougherty head of research

... investment research, manager research and research products. Dougherty has more than 20 years experience starting as a economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, to head of research for BT Stockbroking, then as Australian equities portfolio manager ...

US trade deficit shrinks in May

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2004
The US trade gap unexpectedly shrank in May as exports shot to a record high, snapping a five-month run of bulging shortfalls, the Commerce Department said overnight. The deficit narrowed to a seasonally adjusted $US46 billion ($A63.44 billion) dollars ...

Aust business conditions improve in June: NAB survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2004
... are now increasing signs that the local economy has re-accelerated through the course of the June quarter,\" NAB chief economist Alan Oster said. He said forward orders had moved significantly higher for the first time since late 2003, as had capital ...

RBA's decision to leave rates unchanged no surprise

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2004
St George economist Adam Carr said the basic reason for today\'s decision to leave rates unchanged was the need for more time to see how the world economy panned out. \"At the moment if they were considering an interest rate hike in the short to medium ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2004
The Australian share market is likely to retreat after significant falls on Wall Street and a slump in the gold price. US Stocks fell to one month lows after a number of profit warnings by companies. While gold eased by more than $US5, world oil prices ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2004
Trade on the Australian share market should remain fairly light today without a lead from Wall Street which was shut for the Independence Day holiday. Shares in Europe and Asia closed mixed in very light volumes. Prices of metals rose overnight on the ...

Aust May business conditions steady but growth still strong: NAB

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2004
... reading still consistent with ongoing growth in domestic demand of around five per cent. From today's results, NAB chief economist Alan Oster cautioned that not too much weight should be placed on the sharp slowing in adjusted growth shown in last week's ...

GDP slowdown likely to keep interest rates steady - economists

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2004
A surprisingly sharp slowdown in Australia's economic growth in the March quarter would likely keep interest rates on hold for the rest of the year, economists said on Wednesday. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported the nation's real gross domestic ...

Aust economic growth slows to just 0.2% in March qtr - ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2004
Economic growth slowed dramatically in the opening months of the year, new figures showed today, the worst result in more than a year. The economy expanded by just 0.2% in the March quarter - about one-sixth of the revised 1.3% growth recorded in the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2004
The Australian market is expected to struggle for direction after United States and United Kingdom markets enjoyed a long weekend. Yesterday, the all ordinaries ended 9.8 points higher at 3460.2, while the S&P/ASX 200 was up 9.7 points to 3456.9. By ...