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Australia catches Dutch Disease

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... hypothesis is that an increase in revenues from natural resources will de-industrialise a nation's economy by raising the exchange rate, which results in the manufacturing sector becoming less competitive in the world market," he said. Professor Fischer ...

Retail profits, currency price cuts and ag-flation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
Fighting inflation may be the government's number one policy fight right now, but another should be fighting contradictory policy suggestions and forcing retailers to pass on currency induced price cuts. Australia's major economic debate is how the ...

Iraqi economic growth to hit 7 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... shortfall, thus helping to preserve fiscal sustainability. High inflation was sharply reduced by appreciating the exchange rate, tightening monetary policy, and controlling current government spending." An unexpected bonus was the rapid jump in net international ...

Subprime wipes 500bp off loonie pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
Canadian pension plans have proven to be far from immune to the US sub-prime crisis, as the sector reported paltry returns for its investors against a backdrop of tightening global credit and recessionary pressures in the US. According to a survey by ...

Big boys leaving Australian property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... already an established trend. "We are getting more enquiries [about investing in the US]. Whether it's because of the exchange rate shifts or not, I'd say it's probably factored into their minds." However, he said the exchange rate "couldn't hurt a trend ...

Saddle up the greenback

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2007
... the Australian dollar's current strength. Their research found that while most exporters regularly monitored the exchange rate, only 20 per cent believed it would affect their decision to further invest or expand overseas operations.

Merger to create $10bn property fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
... it for the first time to get a capital hedge, so that it doesn't have the volatility of the US/Australian dollar exchange rate impacting on it's growth and value, because it's lost over 20 per cent of its value in Aussie dollars over the last couple ...

Rate hike to launch dollar?

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... conditions were likely to put upward pressure on inflation, notwithstanding some dampening influence from the higher exchange rate." "Based on these considerations, the Board judged that a somewhat more restrictive monetary policy setting was required ...

Investor responsibility key to governance: Regnan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
... I'm out there talking to CEO's, one of their complaints is that all their questions are about widget sales, and exchange rate risks for the next three to six months," he said. He did admit, though, that some companies were equally to blame, by not providing ...

Economic round-up: Creaming cheese exports

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
... companies have been feeling the pinch and cancelling new projects at a rate of knots, and recent surveys reveal that the exchange rate has become a major constraint on production for as many as one in ten businesses. But among those exporters struggling ...