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AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... sharply to 6.9 per cent in August, its lowest rate in more than five years. Meanwhile, solid US retail sales and consumer confidence figures have fuelled speculation that the US Federal Reserve will hike interest rates soon. IG market strategist Stan ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... was immediately attacked by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Solid reports on Friday on US retail sales and consumer confidence "are likely fuelling interest rate hike uncertainty ahead of next week's Fed meeting", a market note from Charles Schwab ...

A tale of two A's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... ore prices, weakening China - that could lead to further slides in iron ore prices - disappointing Westpac consumer confidence survey, disappointing increase in new home loans, bearish technicals, RBA jawboning (after all this time, Gov Glen's jaw finally ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... Health are among those issuing earnings reports. In economics news, ANZ-Roy Morgan will release its weekly consumer confidence survey. The Australian market on Monday closed lower, snapping a seven session winning streak. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index ...

More super changes inevitable: EY report

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... strong framework for that will ensure the future health of the system." "More work is still required to boost consumer confidence in the system. We need to see an improved focus on members to ensure their needs are being met both before and after retirement," ...

Super tax in firing line

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... represented a loss in momentum for the economy. "We expect the labour market to remain patchy into 2015 and consumer confidence is well below average," she said. "There are a lot of headwinds from high levels of indebtedness and low wage growth. The ...

AFA Excellence in Education state winners announced

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... success of the advice industry. According to Hawke, education is good for the individual adviser and helps build consumer confidence in the advice industry.

Punishing Putin (harder)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... hurts Vlad. This is perhaps one of the reasons behind Wall Street's downing overnight despite reports that US consumer confidence surged to a better than expected 90.9 reading in July - the highest since December 2007 - from an already strong 86.4 in ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... Industrial Average pushed above the 17,000 point mark for the first time. "We're caught in a conflict with consumer confidence falling away slightly in the most recent week but business conditions and confidence improving," CMC Markets analyst Michael ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said. "It appears better reads we are getting on weekly consumer confidence is starting to have an impact on investors," he said. "Both consumer staples and discretionary stocks were leading the market ...