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Inflation may slide below RBA target

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
... Bank of Australia's (RBA) target of between two and three per cent, an inflation gauge showed today. The TD Securities-Melbourne Institute experimental inflation gauge, prices of consumer goods and services fell by 0.1 per cent in October following a ...

Melbourne Cup Day looms as d-day for interest rates

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
... interest rates on hold for another month at least. The Reserve Bank board faces a tough call when it meets on Tuesday, Melbourne Cup Day, to decide whether to rein in the economy with higher interest rates, having made no changes for the past 17 months. ...

Opis Capital receives 'approved' rating from Zenith

Melbourne-based boutique fund Opis Capital has been given an 'approved' rating from Zenith Investment Partners. Opus capital is an Australian equities manager who manages two funds, the Opis Capital Premium Equity Fund and the Opis Capital Dynamic Equity ...

Annualised growth rate beats long term trend: Westpac/MI

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2003
... growth would continue to improve in the second half of 2003 and into the first half of 2004, according to the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity. The annualised growth rate of the index, which normally indicates the likely ...

Morning Market Wrap: Market to ease on flat lead from US

... the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.6882/87 compared with yesterday's close of 0.6920/23. In the news today, the Melbourne Institute releases its October inflation expectations survey while the Reserve Bank of Australia is due to release its October ...

Consumer sentiment rises to nine-year high: Westpac

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2003
... high in October with Australian households more confident about the economic outlook, a survey has found. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment rose by 1.5 per cent in October to 117.8, the highest level since July 1994, following ...

Morning Market Wrap: Gains continue; US$ weakens

... for the day ahead, was eight points higher at 3291 on a volume of 577 contracts. In the news today, Westpac and the Melbourne Institute are due to release their October consumer sentiment survey. A number of companies will hold annual general meetings ...

ABA reports "pleasing" fall in banking ombudsman cases

... fall was reported in the Banking and Financial Services Ombudsman (BFSO) Annual Report 2002-2003, released yesterday in Melbourne. "This fall is particularly pleasing because the improvement has been recorded at a time when volumes of banking transactions ...

Rans former finance manager charged

... statements to a Rans director. Rans operated and managed approximately 30 leisure and entertainment facilities in suburban Melbourne, including the Harold Holt swimming pool and the Monash and Wyndham Leisure centres, and interstate facilities such as ...

ASIC and FPA to help planners with written communication

... making an informed decision about the advice they receive," he said. Workshops will be piloted next month in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, with a wider rollout early next year. The workshops will involve presentations by a communications expert on ...