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FTA $4 billion benefit figure should be revised: expert

... the report, said when the analysis was done it produced a figure of benefits worth $US2 billion at a time when the exchange rate was US 58 cents. "(Now) you'd have to adjust that number by two things," he told ABC radio. "One is the exchange rate in ...

Inflation likely to decline further over coming year: RBA

... "The monetary policy strategy needs to take this longer-term trajectory into account, since a continually rising exchange rate cannot be relied upon to hold inflation permanently below a rate consistent with its domestic determinants." The central bank ...

Macfarlane optimistic on GDP growth in 2004

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2003
... the calendar year 2003, compared with the 2.5 per cent previously forecast. That would be largely due to a higher exchange rate of the Australian dollar, he said. "Over the course of 2004, we expect the CPI to increase by 2.0 per cent, but in mid-2004 ...

Costello says inflationary pressure in check

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2003
... weather conditions and a recovery in Australia's major trading partners, although the recent appreciation of the exchange rate will continue to be a drag on the sector overall."

RBA moves to increase interest rates by 25 basis points

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2003
... accelerated sharply, business confidence is high, and the labour market has firmed over recent months. "While the exchange rate has appreciated, the stronger international climate, rising commodity prices and more favourable conditions in the farm sector ...

RBA must take account of drought, $A on rates: deputy PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2003
The Reserve Bank of Australia will have to take into account the drought and the exchange rate when it next considers interest rates, according to Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson. Mr Anderson said he would not give gratuitous advice to the Reserve ...

Treasury warns on global recovery

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2003
Treasury has warned the global recovery might turn out to be more hype than substance, reinforcing the government's argument against a hefty hike in interest rates. Treasury's chief macroeconomic adviser Martin Parkinson said the global economy was ...

RBA gov says could be generational conflict over tax burden

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2003
... pack up your bags and ignore it," he said. "You still have to monitor it." He said as Australia comes off a low exchange rate, inflation will start to rise.

Afternoon market wrap: Shares, bonds close down

... ended local trade at $US0.7116, up nearly quarter of a US cent from Friday's closing level of $US0.7075. The local exchange rate benefited from a broad-based weakening in the US dollar after Friday night's stronger than expected US payrolls report.

RBA says little to be gained by delaying rise in interest rates

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2003
... said the outlook for inflation over the next year remained benign, because of the assumed effects of the higher exchange rate. "But a rising exchange rate cannot be relied on to control inflation over the medium term; that requires domestic pressures ...