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Unemployment rate 5.6% in December: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2004
... increased by 16,100 to 6.93 million, while part-time employment jumped by 13,500 to 2.74 million. The figures were slightly above market expectations, which had a consensus of 14,000 extra jobs. The unemployment rate of 5.%, seasonally adjusted, was ...

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 ...

Property investment interest falls in December quarter: survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2003
... focused on continued growth prospects in company earnings both in Australia and abroad. "We believe we are on track for above par world growth in 2004 and this will underpin corporate earnings growth and commodities," he said. The survey also found that ...

Morning Market Wrap: Greenback gains short-lived

The Australian dollar climbed back above US 74 cents to reach a fresh six-year high overnight after gains in the greenback following the capture of Saddam Hussein proved short-lived. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7432/37 compared ...

Morning Market Wrap: US dollar strong following Hussein capture

... euphoria over the capture of Hussein to fade relatively quickly and that the Australian dollar could soon climb back up above the US 74 cent mark. Australian stocks are likely to surge, buoyed by gains in overseas markets. The Australian market will ...

Midday Market Wrap: Market up buoyed by strong gains on Wall Street

... point premium to the underlying index - on a volume of 7,219 contracts. On Wall Street overnight, the blue-chip Dow closed above 10,000 for the first time in nearly 19 months, as comments from the Federal Reserve indicating inflation would remain low ...

Full steam ahead for growing BOQ

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2003
... BOQ has grown faster than any other bank," chairman Neil Roberts told the AGM earlier. "It is still growing at a rate well above the system. He said the bank's total assets under management now exceeded $10 billion, compared to $5.2 billion two years ...

QIC expands fixed interest offerings

... Global Aggregate. Performance targets for the Diversified Fixed Interest Fund have been set at 0.7 to 1.0 percentage points above benchmark. The Cash Enhanced Fund aims to beat the Australian bank bill index by 0.4 of a percentage point or more, using ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar firms in early Asian trade

... Japan (BOJ) for the second night in a row. The BOJ stepped in to sell large amounts of yen yesterday to keep the US dollar above 107 yen. Between January and November the BOJ had reportedly sold 18 trillion yen to stop the strength of its currency from ...

Midday Market Wrap: Stocks weaker at noon

... Federal Reserve kept official interest rates at one per cent - a 45-year low - and the Dow Jones Industrial Average spiked above 10,000 but was unable to stay there as investors locked in recent gains. The Dow average closed 41.85 points down at 9923.42 ...