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Court rules against Henry Kaye company

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2004
The Federal Court has granted an application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to wind up a company controlled by rogue property investor Henry Kaye. Justice Ron Merkel ruled that the Kaye company Property Corporate Services ...

Housing finance figures point to continued market cooling

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2004
New figures today point to a continued cooling in the property market in the wake of the latest two increases in mortgage rates. Housing finance figures for owner occupied homes dipped 8.1% in January, following interest rate increases in November and ...

Consumer inflation expectations fall in March

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2004
Australian consumers expectations of inflation in the coming year fell for the second consecutive month to 3.6% in March, a survey showed. The Melbourne Institute Consumer Inflationary Expectations survey said the result followed a sharp rise in January ...

February newspaper job ads posts biggest rise in nine months

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2004
The number of Australian job advertisement in major metropolitan newspapers recorded their strongest increase in nine months, climbing 6.4% in February to a seasonally adjusted 22,119 a week. The ANZ Australian newspaper job advertisements survey found ...

Bank of Scotland prices $225 million MTN

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2004
Bank of Scotland International (Australia) Ltd (BOSIAL) today announced the pricing of a $225 million Medium Term Note (MTN) maturing November 15 2006. The bank said the issue was sized up from the $200 million offered at launch and was priced at 14 ...

RBA leaves rates unchanged, needs more time: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to leave interest rates unchanged would give it more time to assess the effect of the strong local dollar and slowing housing sector on the economy, economists said today. The central bank today left the ...

Annual economic growth lifts to 4%: ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
Economic growth picked up at the end of last year, new figures showed today, with annual growth lifting to 4% in the year to December. The latest national accounts from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed the economy expanded by 1.4% in ...

RBA leaves cash rate at 5.25%

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia today did not change the cash rate which remains at 5.25%. The decision marks the second consecutive meeting in which the board left interest rates unchanged, after the central bank lifted interest rates in both November  ...

Interest rates expected to stay on hold

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
Interest rates are expected to stay on hold today, with figures showing the Reserve Bank can afford to wait another month before lifting rates. Retail sales jumped 0.7% in January as shoppers took advantage of cheap imported goods thanks to the higher ...

Australians save pennies in anticipation of rate rise: Wizard

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2004
Half of Australia's borrowers are expecting another interest rate rise following the Reserve Bank's board meeting today, a survey shows. The central bank is holding its March board meeting today, and economists are divided over whether the bank will ...