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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
The impact of the drought on the Australian economy is set to worsen and the government has just revised up its forecasts noting that the summer crop is likely to be the worst in more than two decades with a reduction of the order of about 60 per cent. ...

Kiwibank and AMP join forces

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
Kiwibank announced yesterday that it would take over the management of AMP-originated loans in New Zealand and develop an ongoing home loan venture with the Australian financial services group. The NZ bank owned by the NZ postal service has reached ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after a slighter stronger lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange the March share price index contract finished overnight trading up two points 5959. In economic news today, Australian ...

Fight the ATO not Govt on MIS tax ruling: Costello

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
There is growing unrest within the tax-effective agricultural investment community that the Australian Tax Office's proposition to scrap the up-front tax concessions associated with non-forestry managed investment schemes (MIS) will cause havoc. Treasurer ...

Mutiple super costs $315m: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) estimates that the total cost of unnecessary and duplicate superannuation accounts is $315 million per year, a fraction of the $2 billion figure by consumer group CHOICE. The findings were ...

Survey predicts more mortgage defaults

A survey polling more than 900 mortgage brokers, planners and referrers has found that 61.4 per cent of respondents expect mortgage stress and defaults to increase this year, nearly double the figure from the previous survey. The survey was done late ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2007
Labour force data released from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that on a seasonally adjusted basis there has been a decrease of 11.6 per cent in unemployed persons over the last year to 492,000. The national unemployment rate fell by 0.1 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open flat with little lead from Wall Street and patchy commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0706 AEDT, the March share price index contract was down two points at 5869. In economic news today ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
The Australian share market opened lower this morning on the back of a weak lead from Wall Street on Friday. At 1030 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 21.8 points to 5,809.9, while the all ordinaries index lost 20.5 points to 5794.5. On the Sydney ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
Retail trade data from the ABS has just been released showing that the seasonally adjusted estimate of turnover for the retail and hospitality/services sectors increased by 0.3 per cent in December after the 0.2 per cent November rise and that of 0.8 ...