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Credit binge continues as RBA considers rate rise

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004
... year. Friday's credit figures suggest the rate rises have not dampened demand, especially in the housing and credit areas, enough. Credit grew 1.3% during January, just a tick below the 1.4% it averaged through the second half of last year when rates ...

Six Aussies make Forbes Richest List

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2004
... with an estimated wealth of A$5.46 billion. Westfield Shopping Centres have made Frank Lowy, 73, and his family wealthy enough to rank at 216th on the world-wide list, with A$3.12 billion. Melbourne's so-called Cardboard King, Richard Pratt, 69, is worth ...

Home lending falls off in December

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2004
... month in a row in December as back-to-back interest rate hikes began to bite. But economists said the fall would not be enough to deter the Reserve Bank from raising rates again in coming months, given the overall strength of the economy. The Australian ...

Market Wrap

... ministers in Florida over the weekend signalled that the period of acute US dollar weakness and euro strength has gone far enough. "They're looking for a rotation in leadership of US dollar weakness, as opposed to an end to a weak US dollar," National ...

New figures expected to show easing inflation

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2004
... the expected easing of December quarter inflation, giving a predicted annual inflation rate of 2.4%, is unlikely to be enough to see off another rise in rates some time early this year. Economists predict the December quarter Consumer Price Index (CPI) ...

Challenger small cap fund tops performance tables: survey

... three times higher than the median fund return of 11.0%. According to the FSIU methodology, these absolute returns were enough to compensate for volatility which was higher than both the second and third placed funds and also the median manager. The ...

Economists expect a small rise in employment in November

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2003
... with job gains of 15,000-20,000 per month over the next few months," he said. "Employment growth of this magnitude will be enough to keep the unemployment rate hovering around the 14-year low of 5.6 per cent." The strength of employment underscored the ...

AMP expected to reveal rights offer details next week

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2003
... if its $1.2 billion rights offer suffered a shortfall. Some market watchers fear AMP might have had trouble attracting enough investors to its rights offer, which closed last night. An AMP spokeswoman said the company was expected to reveal the extent ...

CommSec launches company stress test for investors

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2003
... warning sign of the possibility of future downgrades to to a company's credit rating. A change in stock price alone was not enough to indicate a meaningful comparison of the financial strength of a company, he said. "By bringing together debt, equity ...

First home buyers housing affordability falls to record low

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2003
... just to get into the market. Instead, save a sound deposit and apply everything you can to the purchase - including saving enough to cover legal costs and government charges." Mr Austin said with one official interest rate rise in November and talk of ...