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Vaile warns RBA board on impact of dollar

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia board had to take into consideration the strong dollar and its impact on exporters when it next meets, Trade Minister Mark Vaile said. Mr Vaile said a further rise in interest rates would only strengthen the Australian ...

New lending figures point to cooling economy

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2004
New lending figures today pointed to a further slowing of the Australian economy, with a sizeable drop in commerce finance in November. ABS figures found commercial finance lending down 18.30%, seasonally adjusted, in November following a large rise ...

Housing finance falls 3.9% in November

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2004
New figures today pointed to a further cooling in the housing market, with a drop in owner-occupied housing finance in November. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said the total housing finance commitments in November were down 3.%, seasonally adjusted ...

Fraudsters target Westpac net banking customers

Westpac Bank's internet banking customers have been targeted yet again by fraudsters hoping to gain their banking details. Customers are sent a fraudulent email which directs them to a bogus website where they are asked to provide their security details. ...

Rate rise will have slowed home loan demand: economists

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2004
An unexpected interest rate rise from the Reserve Bank of Australia last November probably slowed housing finance applications that month, according to economists. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the November housing finance for owner occupation ...

Total job vacancies up 7.9%

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2004
Australian total job vacancies in the three months to November, were up 7.9%, seasonally adjusted, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Job vacancies have risen 10.2% over the year to November. Seasonally adjusted job vacancies totalled ...

Trade deficit widens in November, expected to narrow ahead

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2004
Australia's trade deficit widened by a whisker in November but economists expect it to narrow in the months ahead as an end to the drought begins to show up in the nation's rural export receipts. The Australian balance of goods and services was a deficit ...

Treasurer praises departing ASIC chairman

The outgoing Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman, David Knott, is taking leave prior to his resignation at the end of the year, the Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has announced. "Under Mr Knott's leadership, ASIC has proven ...

Morning Market Wrap: $A rises to fresh six-year high overnight

The Australian dollar rose to a fresh six-year high above 74.50 US cents overnight as traders anticipated key US economic data would show inflation remained weak. At 0700 AEDT the local unit was trading at $US0.7432/37 compared with yesterday's close ...

Home building up, merchandise imports down in September quarter

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2003
Home building activity picked up in the three months to September, the first rise in a year, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the number of new homes begun in the September quarter rose 5.5 per cent after falling ...