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NAB survey reveals unrelenting business strength in October

... economic strength, with two other significant findings being made - namely, large jumps in forward orders and in business confidence. The survey reveals that the acceleration of growth through the September quarter has been maintained into the first ...

RBA decision takes economists by surprise

... all been factored into the decision." She said that the housing market is the main concern and given that business confidence and labour market statistics are strong, all point in the direction to a rate rise. "We forecast an interest rate of 5.5% by ...

Melbourne Cup Day looms as d-day for interest rates

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
... also reported a 14.3 per cent rise in planned business investment over the year to September, showing strong business confidence. Deutsche Bank senior economist Tony Meer said all the negative effects at the beginning of the year - SARS, the global downturn ...

Agribusiness conditions improve marginally for the September quarter: NAB survey

... trading conditions, profitability performance and employment has improved markedly for the December quarter. Business confidence has thus exceeded to pre-drought levels. In summary, the NAB survey has revealed that business conditions had improved marginally ...

Economy strong; rates will rise: NAB survey

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2003
... with rates likely to increase between 50 and 75 basis points by early to mid 2004," he said. The survey says business confidence increased by 4 index points to a very high level of +19.4 index points. The improvements have been broad based, with strong ...

August business conditions strongest in nearly nine years: NAB

... the recovery in export sales also appears to be broadly on track. The NAB also said it was little surprise business confidence remained at relatively high levels. While domestically exposed sectors have continued to strengthen in the first two months ...

NAB survey reveals ongoing strength of the non-farm economy

... accumulation in the face of stronger sales, and prices also increased by more normal rates of around 0.6%. The business confidence index also increased by another 2 points whilst movements in confidence in July were reasonably small across most indus ...

Rain leads to improved confidence: NAB Agribusiness survey

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2003
Falling rain in many parts of Australia has improved confidence in the rural business sector despite weak conditions in the June quarter, the National Australia Bank (NAB) quarterly Agribusiness survey has found. Australia's agribusiness sector remained ...

Business confidence to slow in the months ahead: AIG-PwC survey

Business confidence in the coming months may be tested by the reality of softening economic conditions, the Australian Industry Group (AIG) & PricewaterhouseCoopers' June quarter survey of Australian manufacturing has revealed. AIG deputy chief executive ...

Morning market wrap: US benchmark indexes in highest decline in a month

... yesterday. Meanwhile observers have claimed that the US economy is set for a post war rebound although a lack of business confidence is casting a pall over the expectations. All Ordinaries 3070.9 +0 NASDAQ 1648.64 -28.50 Dow Jones 9179.53 -114.27 FTSE-100 ...