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Job vacancies bull run falters

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
Job vacancies in Australia are finally responding to changing economic conditions falling 1.3 per cent in February to 180,300, the first time they've gone backwards in 11 quarters. The fall doesn't however yet signify an end to the job vacancy bull-run ...

Consumer confidence plummets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
Consumer confidence has plunged 17 percentage points, signaling the economy may be about to slow just enough to allow the Reserve Bank to start dropping interest rates. The news is contained in the latest Sensis consumer report which measures confidence ...

We knew it all along: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
While Treasury boss Ken Henry long ago knew what was wrong with the economy and what problems the previous government's policies were causing, he apparently didn't have the political influence and muscle to do much about it. Speaking at the Ian Little ...

BCA call to freeze Budget gets cold shoulder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
The Business Council of Australia (BCA) wants the government to freeze budget expenditure for three years but doesn't believe executive salaries should follow suit. In its Budget submission, the BCA said the Federal Budget should "Set a target of zero ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 44.51 points to 2,360.92. LONDON - UK stocks gained 4.8 per cent higher on hopes the US government would be able to prevent a recession in the world's biggest economy. The FTSE 100 added 266.5 points to 5,875.8 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... - The CAC-40 index reversed 64.69 points to 5,092.4 points. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average rose on optimism over US government proposals to inject liquidity into the economy. The Nikkei added 77.84 points to 13,861.29. HONG KONG - Blue chips strengthened ...

When a lift in unemployment is good news

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
An economy moving to full employment has big implications for economic policy and how we should read the macro indicators. In a major speech to the NSW Economic Society this week, Dr Steven Kennedy from the Commonwealth Treasury said while the most ...

Singapore and ME fund swoop on UBS

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... western banks following the sub-prime fiasco, showing just how damaging the market failure has been and why the US government is so desperate to salvage the situation with their recently announced bail-out and aggressive interest rate intervention. The ...

Not much of a fix from the freeze

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... planned "freezing" of loan interest rates for several hundred thousand distressed home loan borrowers in the US. The US government formally outlined the plan this morning without adding too many details to those reported in recent days. The plan is intended ...

Asia marching on faster than expected

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... JPMorgan is still denominated in USD, but this may not always be the case, said Weeks. This however may be why the US government and regulators have come out so strongly to defend Wall Street in the wake of the sub-prime fiasco with those incredibly ...