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Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
... stations, US retail spending fell by 0.1 per cent during the month. Similarly, US business inventories rose by 0.4 per cent in April - lower-than-market expectations for 0.6 per cent increase. Manufacturers' and wholesalers' inventories rose by 0.7 per ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as commodity prices continued to retreat and mining stock weakness in the UK overnight raises the spectre of further losses on the domestic bourse. While the market is not expected to repeat yesterday's ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
Today's strong Australian employment report is consistent with a strengthening growth trend in the economy but it is also increasing the bias towards further RBA rate hikes. Following yesterday's faster-than-expected 0.9 per cent growth in March quarter ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
... rates, particularly given the strength in more recent growth statistics. For instance, retail sales rose by 1.4 percent in April -- the fastest pace in almost a year; the unemployment rate reached a 29-year-low of 5 per cent in March, and was 5.1 percent ...

Profit sharing a win-win for AFS

Advisory group Australian Financial Services (AFS) is growing at a rate of at least 20 practices a year thanks to its highly successful profit sharing model. The Melbourne-based firm has signed up 13 practices since the beginning of the year and AFS ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open sharply lower as weakness in global equity markets paints a bleak picture for the domestic bourse. While precious metal and oil prices both made slight gains overnight, weaker equity markets - with European ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that retail sales rose by a larger-than-expected 1.4 per cent in April, giving credence to the RBA's May decision to lift interest rates. The April rise in retail spending is nearly five times market ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly firmer although there is a distinct lack of leads generated from offshore. With US and UK markets closed on MOnday, base metal, oil and precious metal markets were untraded, as were stock markets. ...

Our master is the government: FF boss

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
The Future Fund is the government's money and it is the boss, said Future Fund chairman David Murray in an interview yesterday. Speaking on ABC TV, Murray said this also means the Government can dictate what shares are placed into the Fund, even though ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2006
Last night's revision to first quarter US National Accounts provided some good news to financial markets. US real GDP growth in the first quarter was upwardly revised to 5.3 per cent - the fastest pace since the third quarter of 2003 -- from the initial ...