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Fin services not delivering

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2007
... management because as an actual industry financial services has stayed stuck on being just 7 per cent of gross domestic product for the past 15 years. "But in the US the financial services sector has grown from 10 to 13 per cent of GDP, while in the ...

Senate C'tee rebuffs calls to lower foreign withholding tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... finance and insurance industry as a whole makes to the Australian economy, which would put its share of gross domestic product at around 3.4 per cent of the value added in the economy," said a report IFSA commissioned from consulting group Lateral economics. ...

Economic round-up: Economists weather forecast

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... funds. According to the Bloomberg survey, the first quarter shortfall is estimated at around 5.6 per cent of gross domestic product and net exports probably contracted 0.2 percentage points from economic growth in the first quarter. Good news also are ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
... highest close in nearly seven years as retailers such as Seven & I Holdings gained after unexpectedly strong gross domestic product data increased confidence in the world's second-largest economy. The Nikkei climbed 144.59 points, to 17,897.23, its highest ...

Managing market might require regulatory change: Macfarlane

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2006
... growth occurs. One obvious sign of this is the upward trend in the ratio of the stock of financial assets to gross domestic product." But Macfarlane also said, "By virtue of their greater size, asset markets are now more likely to impact on business ...

Market Wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
... commodities from China as they cut down on exports to the US, which account for about 60 per cent of China's GDP (Gross Domestic Product)."

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
... 1.67 per cent, posting its biggest one-day percentage gain in six weeks helped by stronger-than-expected gross domestic product data. The Nikkei rose 267.06 points to 16,289.55. HONG KONG - Hong Kong blue chips held steady. The benchmark Hang Seng index ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
... local currency had found support around the low $US0.7600 level this morning. Better-than-expected Japanese gross domestic product (GDP) data released today propelled the Japanese yen higher against its US counterpart. "That's led to a stronger Aussie ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
... points. TOKYO - The Nikkei closed at its lowest in six weeks as investors, wary ahead of the release of gross domestic product data on Tuesday, sold firms sensitive to domestic demand. The Nikkei dropped 89.94 points to 16,022.49. HONG KONG - The benchmark ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
... Corp. were among the stocks giving the biggest lift to the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Government data on gross domestic product showed the economy slowed more than expected in the second quarter, lifting expectations that the Federal Reserve's two-year ...