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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... futures contract was 33 points down to 4,995. Releases today include the Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment, the Australian Bureau of Statistics labour price index for the June quarter, and Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor ...

Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... rates. Markets will focus on reports on advance retail sales, July CPI and the University of Michigan/Reuters consumer sentiment index and industrial production. Slow growth. US retail sales are expected to decline by 0.1 percent in July following a ...

Eyes on the labour market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... percent jobless rate and follows the latest string of weak economic indicators. Negative news on retail sales, consumer sentiment and housing prices were followed by yesterday's housing finance report which showed that the number of loans made for house ...

Central bank watch

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2008
... calls for a reduction in the official cash rate may be a bit premature. Despite the weak retail spending and consumer sentiment reports, a number of factors continue to exert positive influence on the Australian economy. The income tax cuts, which became ...

Some Needed Good News

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... consumer confidence report and a sharp fall in the price of crude oil. The Conference Board reported that US consumer sentiment rebounded from 51 in June to 51.9 this month. The July reading marked the first improvement in confidence so far this year ...

This Week's Market Movers (28 Jul - 1 Aug 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... money supply, nationwide housing prices report, consumer confidence data and the purchasing managers index. UK consumer sentiment is being pulled down by several factors including the increasing squeeze on purchasing power coming from slowing employment ...

Market Movers (10 July)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... growth and the unemployment rate are two key indicators of economic activity and have important bearing on consumer sentiment and fiscal and monetary policies.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... Bureau of Statistics releases housing finance data for May and Westpac and the Melbourne Institute release their consumer sentiment index for July. In company news, Insurance Australia Group Ltd will hold an investor briefing. Yesterday, the Australian ...

This Week's Market Movers (7-11 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... investment indicators. Core machinery orders rose by 5.5 per cent in April. With global growth cooling and domestic consumer sentiment on a decline, it would be difficult for this indicator to continue to rise going forward. Industrial Production (June). ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... data, the Bureau of Statistics releases lending finance for April, and the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment is also due. Today there are a few conferences around the country with Morning Star Investment Conference 2008 in Sydney ...