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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
... million mortgage holders and the 650,00 who have done so in the last five years will be "taken to the brink". The National Farmers Federation has estimated that total debt has risen by about 10 per cent over the last year to $43 billion at a time when ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... free trade agreement with China with exports to China increasing three-fold in the last decade, according to the National Farmers Federation (NFF). The NFF acknowledged that there were sensitive issues like the vulnerability of the Australian horticulture ...

Howard says no need for further rate hikes

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2003
... move, which came ahead of an expected rise in the jobless rate when employment figures are released tomorrow. National Farmers' Federation spokesman Charles Burke said the rate move would add $631 a year to the average farm debt of $252,300. "These increases ...

Homeowners wait on Reserve Bank decision this morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2003
... is also concern in the agricultural sector that a rate rise might hit the post-drought recovery. The Westpac-National Farmers' Federation commodity price indicator dropped 4.6 per cent in September, almost totally due to the strengthening Australian ...

RBA leaves rates unchanged

... last altered rates with a 25 basis point hike on June 5 2002. Over the past week, industry groups including the National Farmers' Federation and Australian Business Ltd have been calling for a rate cut, fearing the rising Australian dollar would harm ...

Exporters to be hard hit by RBA decision: Ai Group

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2003
... competitiveness and ultimately jobs." In the lead up to the RBA meeting several industry groups including the National Farmers' Federation and Australian Business Ltd called for the RBA to cut interest rates. -

Farmers' Federation joins rate cut chorus

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2003
The National Farmers' Federation today became yet another industry group to call for an interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), fearing current interest rates and their upward pressure on the Australian dollar would hurt farmers and ...
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