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Interest rates on the way down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
Two of three leading economists told the 450 people attending today's Financial Standard Economic Forum they expect interest rates to fall this year while another said it was a national scandal Australia's productivity growth had stalled. Saul Eslake ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
The latest Dun & Bradstreet Business Expectations Survey reveals a continuing level of pessimism among business executives with more than a third anticipating a fall in profits for the coming March quarter compared to that of a year earlier. Fuelling ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
The returns to the house prices of the Australian capital cities has shown a weighted average return over the year to September of 9.5 per cent of which Western Australia property values increased a staggering 45.9 percent, Darwin a healthy 17.3 and ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
The first nationwide natural resource management survey by the ABS has revealed the economic cost of ensuring the upkeep of the nation's natural resources that are used for agriculture. During the period 2004-05 farmers spent about $3.3 billion on natural ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
Data on the number of job vacancies was released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday revealing that on a seasonally adjusted basis the national figure stood at 154,000 in August, up by 11 per cent from the corresponding quarter last year. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open lower after Wall Street gains slowed and most base metals fell. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0819 AEST, the September share price index contract was down nine points at 5,009. Today Unitab and Thakral ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
The release of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment yesterday heralded the arrival of forces opposing those like the strength in retail sales and the buoyancy in the housing market which have helped bring about last week's interest ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
The Australian share market was weaker at noon with a number of negative company reports driving the market downward. At 1200 AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 28.6 points lower at 4942.7 points while the all ordinaries dropped 27.6 points to ...

Daily economic report

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
The US Federal Reserve held interest rates firm last night at 5.25 per cent after 17 consecutive rate increases since June 2004, a result of rising energy and labour costs. The June quarter data showed that the annualised pace of growth halved to 2.5 ...

Double-digit returns despite recent setbacks: Intech

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2006
Intech Investment Consultants is tipping that superannuation funds will return 14.8 per cent to their members for the 2005/06 financial year, the third consecutive year of double digit returns. The prediction, based on Intech's Super Growth Universe ...