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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 ...

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 ...

Current account improves marginally in Q4

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2004
Australia's current account deficit improved marginally in the three months to December after a recovery in rural exports. But the deficit of $12.01 billion, from an upwardly revised $12.09 billion in September, was substantially above market expectations ...

RBA index of commodity prices down 1.4%

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2004
... copper, aluminium and lead rose. In Australian dollar terms, the index fell by 2.1% in February, following a 0.3% fall in January - revised from a 0.1% rise.

Westpac comfortable with market expectations

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004
Westpac Banking Corp said today that it was comfortable with market expectations for the 2004 financial year as it met with institutional investors. At the same time the bank said that cash earnings for all business units in the year to date are ahead ...

ASX in strong position for full year, but warns of unpredictability

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
Strong growth in trading volumes in January and February means ASX Ltd is well positioned for a strong full year results, although the company warned of the unpredictability of the market. ASX today posted a half year net profit of $42.489 million ...

Jobs at SMEs strongest since GST

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2004
Employment in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) grew to their strongest levels in the January quarter since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax, a business index found. The Sensis Business Index for Small and Medium Enterprises showed that ...

FRM diversified Aus fund records 10.86% return

Financial Risk Management (FRM) has announced that its diversified Australia fund recorded a return of 10.86% for the 12 months to January 2004, with a standard deviation of 1.86%. Meanwhile, the FRM master fund recorded a return of 8.10% in US dollar ...

Credit card charges hit record $14.7 billion in December

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2004
Australia's Christmas credit card binge hit record levels in December as consumers ignored rising interest rates in favour of spending up big, figures released today show. Australians put an all-time record $14.68 billion on the plastic in December ...

APRA raised concerns with NAB before rogue trading scandal

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2004
The banking watchdog raised concerns about National Australia Bank's (NAB) risk management early last year, more than six months before the rogue trading scandal that cost the bank's two top jobs. NAB suspended four currency traders in January but foreign ...