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Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
This week's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board meeting takes on a particular significance in light of the higher than expected Australian headline CPI inflation report for the March quarter. Last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006
In an unexpected move, the Peoples Bank of China increased its one year lending rate to 5.85 per cent - the first increase since October 2004 - from 5.58 per cent. Undoubtedly the move was taken in order to cool China's overheating economy. Chinese ...

Daily economic update

... manufacturing index fell to 15.81 in April from 29.03 in the previous month. This is the index's weakest posting since October - above zero indicates more manufacturers reporting improvement - and bigger than expectations for a decline to 24.3. The components ...

Daily economic update

The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) began its two-day meeting last night - the first meeting under the chairmanship of Ben Bernanke. There is almost a unanimous expectation that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by 25 basis points ...

APRA to give guidance on the risks of outsourcing

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released a discussion paper and draft standards giving guidance on managing the risks associated with outsourcing. The discussion paper was issued with draft prudential standards and a prudential ...

S&P gives "recommended" rating to global funds

S&P has assigned European Investor's Global Property Trust a "recommended" rating, while also adding two global Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) funds to their recommended funds. European Investors is a Macquarie group manager within Macquarie Professional ...

S&P rates Pengana "first mover" fund

Pengana's new Absolute Return Real Estate Fund has been assigned a three star rating from S&P and been touted as a "first mover" in its space. S&P's fund analyst, Peter Ward, said the fund is an innovative Australian first in the property fund sector. ...

Super is not all about Eve

The average working female has $200,000 less to invest at retirement than the average working male, based on a case study conducted by max Super. "Having children, retiring earlier than men and family break ups on the rise are just some of the factors ...

Daily Economic Update

Australian retail sales increased by 0.4 per cent in December, more than offsetting the 0.1 per cent fall in the previous month but is lower than market expectations for a 0.5 per cent rise. Year-on-year, retail sales increased by 4 per cent - the fastest ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2006
The Australian share market should open higher following a positive lead from international markets and after reaching new highs last week. US stocks rose sharply on Friday, buoyed by higher profits from blue chips Microsoft Corp and Procter & Gamble ...