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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
Retail trade data from the ABS has just been released showing that the seasonally adjusted estimate of turnover for the retail and hospitality/services sectors increased by 0.3 per cent in December after the 0.2 per cent November rise and that of 0.8 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
Further analysis of the National Australia Bank Business Survey shows that the index which fell 3 points from November to December is now 7 points less than its recent peak in October of last year but still significantly above the long-run average of ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
The release of the Reserve Bank's growth in financial assets yesterday has revealed a slowing of the credit market, probably as a consumer response to the multiple interest rate rises over the last year. Overall credit growth of 1.1 per cent for the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2007
Australian Bureau of Statistics labour force data indicates that on a seasonally adjusted basis there was a 2.3 per cent rise over the month in unemployed persons, although this is still 8.2 per cent less than a year ago. Of the 44,600 new jobs added ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment rose by 11.8 per cent over the month to December having fallen 9.7 per cent in November. The November fall was effected by the RBA rate rise a week earlier and the 32,00 fall in employment ...

BankWest moves up the rankings

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
BankWest will end 2006 as the seventh largest retail deposits bank in the country overtaking Suncorp, according to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) figures. David Rose, head of marketing and products, said the jump up the ladder, the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open higher despite a flat lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0813 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 17 points at 5,505. On the corporate front today, the market will ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower on a negative lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0920 AEDT, the December share price index contract was down six points at 5,468. In corporate news today, the details of a proposed ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher on a positive lead from United States markets. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0917 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 19 points at 5,485. On the economic front today, the Australian ...

HOST-PLUS is Money Magazine's best of the best

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
HOST-PLUS has won the Money Magazine Best of the Best super fund award for 2007. HOST-PLUS was also a finalist in the Rainmaker SelectingSuper Fund of the Year Awards and this latest accolade caps off a big year for the public offer industry fund. David ...