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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
The National Australia Bank monthly survey of business confidence has found that business conditions fell by 12 points and the overall NAB index fell by six points in September to a score of two. NAB said that expectations are for a weaker December ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2006
The NAB monthly survey of business confidence has found that business conditions fell by 12 points and the overall NAB index fell by six points in September to a score of two. NAB says that expectations are for a weaker December quarter especially in ...

Daily Economic Round Up: All about Housing

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2006
... news from the west, a joint survey from the Western Australia Chamber of Commerce and BankWest has shown that business confidence fell to a 12 month low as a result of concerns about cost pressures especially those do to with wages which have reached ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2006
The monthly survey of business confidence by NAB fell four points in August to a score of six having apparently peaked in March of this year at 14. The three components of the index were down with the sales index falling one point, the profitability ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006
... equipment and furniture. NSW was rated the worst performer for the tenth quarter in a row by the Sensis small business confidence survey. ABS data showed that NSW had the second highest unemployment rate of the Australian States at 5.1 per cent and had ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2006
... retreat in confidence in the region. For instance, the Ifo Institute index reported last night that German business confidence fell to 105.6 in May from 105.9. To date, most of the improvement in the Eurozone has been driven by the external sector, which ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2006
... economy and expectations of an end to deflation will ultimately lessen Japan's debt burden. Finally, French business confidence fell to 107 in April from 109 in the previous month. This is the first decline in a year as high energy costs and fears about ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2006
... strong growth in the world economy, surging prices of commodities, robust domestic spending growth, buoyant business confidence and investment and strengthening credit growth. This week rate hike speculation will continue as financial markets receive ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2006
... strong growth in the world economy, surging prices of commodities, robust domestic spending growth, buoyant business confidence and investment and strengthening credit growth. According to RBA chairman, Ian Macfarlane, "These domestic and international ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
... important domestic data releases this week include the NAB March survey of Australian business conditions and business confidence, the AIG/PwC manufacturing PMI for April and March building approvals.