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US Fed holds key short-term rate steady

... expressed disappointment that new hiring has lagged. In another change, Fed policy-makers made no mention of the threat of deflation and said that although inflation has moved higher, "long-term inflation expectations appear to have remained well contained." ...

Bank of Japan chief says GDP growth this year may halt deflation

AAP | MONDAY, 3 MAY 2004

... Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui cautioned Japanese against becoming too optimistic just yet. "Logically, we can expect deflation to ease between the end of this fiscal year in March 2005 and next fiscal year," Fukui told public broadcaster NHK, citing ...

Morning Market Wrap: $A rises to fresh six-year high overnight

... numbers, which were softer than expected - both the core and the headline numbers were negative, and that raised that deflation fear again and pushed back any source of a rate hike in the US." The US government reported stronger US industrial production ...

August retail sales up 1.0%, dwelling approvals down 2.4%: ABS

... eased in August, it is still unclear whether potential home-owners and investors are heeding warnings of an eventual deflation in the house price bubble. The decline in medium-density dwelling approvals follows a 20.4% jump in July, and continues the ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares offer mixed performances

... Tuesday, reflecting investor optimism that a weak U.S. dollar and a robust Chinese economy will speed recovery in the deflation-hit territory. Volume was moderate on the New Zealand sharemarket today, despite a five-hour delay due to technical problems. ...

FOMC to meet next week, unlikely to change interest rates: ICAP

... that the Fed will not change interest rates next week. Not because inflation is too low - indeed it should remove the deflation risk from its statement - but because employment is too low

OECD predicts continued economic recovery

... reaches its potential. Downward pressure on inflation should therefore continue for a while, but further ahead risk of deflation now appears very remote, they said. "The global recovery is continuing to be largely driven by the United States, where large ...

AMP's views on the recent ABS housing price data

... there is a low probability of am imminent sharp rise in interest rates or unemployment. "However, the risk of a gradual deflation in the house price bubble as investors look elsewhere is steadily rising," he added.

IMF believes global economy's prospects are improving

... over the next few years," she said. The US Federal Reserve has recently warned of the need to be vigilant regarding deflation but Prof Krueger said it was unlikely. "(Deflation) is not a high probability event," she said. She said the Federal Reserve ...

House price declines now the major risk to growth: RBA

... both receded, the bank said. But, at the same time, according to the bank, the longer-term risks posed by an eventual deflation in property prices, and which would likely be amplified by a further cut in rates, had yet to diminish. "Given these considerations ...

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Start-ups, small businesses win CGT reform carveouts

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has unveiled a package of capital gains tax (CGT) discount carveouts targeting small businesses, and start-ups and their investors following backlash since the reforms were announced in the Budget on May 12. Testamentary trusts will also be given a reprieve from the new tax regime.

Aware Super sells majority stake in water portfolio

ELIZA BAVIN

Aware Super has sold a majority portion of its Australian water portfolio from the southern Murray-Darling Basin.

ASIC slaps adviser with 10-year ban, strips AFSL

MATTHEW WAI

ASIC has banned Brett Newbound of Victoria, a financial adviser and the sole director of Freedom Wealth Services, which has subsequently lost its AFSL.

ATO reveals highest paid jobs, postcodes

VINNY VUCAGO

Victoria is home to Australia's highest earning postcode for the first time, according to newly released Australian Taxation Office (ATO) data, as taxable incomes, capital gains and superannuation balances continue to climb.

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