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Daily Economic Update

... to watch as housing has been a large contributor to US GDP growth, and has underpinned consumer spending (rising house prices allow consumers to increase spending by extracting housing wealth through cash-outs and/or home equity loans). The pace and ...

Economic roundup

... commodity exports such as coal and iron ore. These positive results offset reports of the first year on year fall in house prices since March 1996. House prices in Australia's eight major capital cities dipped by 0.1 per cent in the year to June, led ...

Strength in RFIs

... strength in the Australian RFIs sector has improved over recent years, strong lending growth, accompanied by higher house prices, and increased wholesale funding and private sector indebtedness, provide some natural red flags froma macroeconomic standpoint," ...

NZ interest rates rise

... TD securities predicts it will be the last interest rate hike for some time as housing construction has dropped, house prices have levelled off, consumer demand has slowed along with immigration, factors indicating an economic deceleration. Dr Bollard ...

Australian and New Zealand Banking Sector Stable: S&P Report

... indebtedness, strong asset growth by banks and increasing reliance on external liabilities, and strong increases in house prices over recent years which will most likely decrease as likely impacts affecting the strength of the Australia and New Zealand ...

Aust financial system remains in good shape: RBA

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2004
... of 2004 has been a turnaround in the housing market and a slowing in household credit growth," the RBA said. After house prices increased by around 20% in 2003, and at an average annual rate of 13% over the previous four years, prices had declined a ...

Business expectations continue to accelerate, NAB survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2004
... favourable economic outlook,\" Oster said. Elsewhere, the survey reported that interest rates are expected to rise and house prices should fall in all capital cities. On house prices, expectations for the next year have weakened, at the margin, with ...

Report calls for tougher limits on RBA board members

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2004
... low-documentary loans to come under the same regulatory umbrella as the big banks, and for a new tool to measure house prices. Earlier this year, Reserve Bank governor Ian Macfarlane blocked board member Warwick McKibbin from taking an outside advisory ...

Real estate fairytale over but no crash in sight

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2004
... market crash, property experts said on Tuesday. After gaining up to 20% a year since 2000, Australian capital city house prices edged up just 2.5% during the first quarter of 2004. This was the smallest gain since the March 2001 quarter, according to ...

RBA's decision to leave rates unchanged no surprise

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2004
... considering an interest rate hike in the short to medium term this year it would be based on the credit numbers and the house prices,\" he said. \"Evidence so far is that a moderation is underway so we don\'t think they will be hiking rates based on ...