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Daily economic update

Australian manufacturing production is up in the March quarter, while new motor vehicles sales were down. The Australian Industry Group (AIG)/PriceWaterhouseCoopers(PwC) latest quarterly survey of Australian manufacturing production showed that companies ...

Advance Asian Equity Fund scores S&P four stars

Advance Asset Management (Advance) has had its Advance Asian Equity Fund upgraded to four stars by S&P. S&P said that Maple-Brown Abbott (MBA), the underlying manager of the fund, continued to leverage its successful investment process into the Asian ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as a soft lead from the US offset gains in some base metals overnight, although focus on domestic issues is likely to be the deciding factor on the local bourse today. The S&P/ASX200 has slipped ...

Daily economic update

Financial markets will be hoping to get more clues on the outlook for US monetary policy from speeches by Federal Reserve officials later today. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will deliver a speech entitled, 'Reflections on the Yield Curve and Monetary Policy,' ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as a mixed lead from the US and softer commodity prices overnight suggest the market could retreat from the recently scaled 5000 mark. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index ...

Weekly economic round-up

... petrol prices and higher house prices in the December quarter - as well as stronger-than-expected growth in employment in February - supported the rise in consumer sentiment. Improving consumer confidence has reduced Australian businesses' concerns over ...

Daily economic update

The US Federal Reserve will view last night's inflation report favourably. US headline CPI rose by 0.1 per cent in February and the core inflation measure also increased by a mild 0.1 per cent. Expectations were for a rise of 0.1 per cent and 0.2 per ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer and could break above the coveted 5000 mark as a solid lead from the US and improved commodity prices again set the tone for the domestic bourse. A number of developments from major companies over ...

Daily Economic Update

The Empire State manufacturing index rose to 31.16 in March from 21.02 the previous month. This is much higher than market expectations for a decline to 18.9, but note that this is a volatile series. All of the components were strong particularly the ...

Daily economic update

US retail sales dropped by 1.3 per cent in February with ex autos falling by 0.4 per cent. Expectations were for a decline of 0.8 per cent and 0.5 per cent, respectively. January sales figures were revised up to show a rise of 2.9 per cent from a gain ...