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Santos looks to new projects to rebound from Moomba disruption

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2004
Major oil and gas producer Santos is confident of recovering from a dismal quarter of production, with investment decisions due soon on three development projects worth $600 million to shore up its future. In its first quarterly production report since ...

European interest rates to remain steady, ECB chief hints

... Jean-Claude Trichet told the European parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee. Although the Frenchman did not give a figure, the ECB has recently forecast the eurozone would see gross domestic product growth of about 1.4% this year after ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2004
The Australian share market is likely to find itself treading water again at the open, after another lacklustre lead from Wall Street overnight. US blue-chip stocks made gains, but the key indices did not strengthen significantly and the local market ...

CPI figures to show inflation below RBA target, economists say

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2004
... annual CPI rate dropping from 2.4 per cent down to 1.8 or 1.9 per cent. "This outcome would be the first sub-two per cent figure since late 1999," said Commonwealth Research chief economist Michael Blythe.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2004
In Sydney today, Australian stocks are set to stumble after US markets dropped sharply overnight following comments from Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan that were taken to imply that interest rates there could soon rise. The Australian share ...

Merchandise imports up 20%: ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2004
Merchandise imports soared 20% to $11.3 billion in March, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today. In its monthly merchandise imports report, the bureau said imports of machinery and transport equipment jumped by $1 billion or 25%. Imports of ...

Building work jumps in December quarter: ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2004
Building activity jumped almost 6% in the December quarter to the second highest level on record, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said building work done rose 5.9%, allowing for seasonal factors, to $12.08 billion ...

Loans to property investors continue to fall: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004
New loans to property investors fell for the fourth month in a row, new figures showed today, dropping 3.7% in February. The figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) confirmed a slowdown in the property market, coming on top of a drop ...

OECD says recovery slowing in US, eurozone

... which is used to forecast economic trends, rose to 123.2 points in February from a revised 123.0 in January. The January figure was previously given as 123.3. The indicator summarises information contained in a number of key short-term indicators known ...

Australia slips down world export rankings

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
Australia has slipped down the rank of trading countries, new World Trade Organisation (WTO) figures show. The drought and the higher Australian dollar meant Australia's share of world trade dropped 0.1 percentage points to 0.9% during 2003. Australia ...