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Trade deficit down 22.24% in March: ABS

... February saw $12.34 billion in exports. The total volume of imports for March was $13.75 billion while February's import figure was $14.24 billion. The fall in goods and services (credits and debits) for March as compared to February was due to reduced ...

Morning market wrap: Mixed signals for US market

The Dow Jones finished slightly lower as investors were subjected to a barrage of mixed signals regarding US economic health. Disappointing earnings figures and manufacturing data indicating a second month of contraction dampened market sentiment. But ...

Investors Mutual tops one-year performance table

Melbourne-based specialist Investors Mutual has been the best performing Australian equities fund manager over the past year, according to performance data compiled by the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit. The Value-style manager's Australian Shares ...

Morning market wrap: US shares surge higher

Shares in the US powered higher, finishing up 165.26 points at 8471.61 as better-than-expected corporate earnings figures assuaged investors' doubts about the underlying strength of the economy. The sentiment in London was also stronger, as the FTSE-100 ...

Overseas visitor arrivals decline 1.7% in March 2003

The number of overseas visitors to Australia during the month of March 2003 was 398,600 reflecting a decrease of 1.7 per cent over the figures for February 2003. In data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today, it was also revealed ...

Flight Centre records $68.8 million in profits

Flight Centre today announced an increase of 21 per cent in its pre tax profit of $68.8 million for the nine months to March 31, 2002 and a 31% increase in gross ticket sales and other revenue to $3.14 billion. "Our profit figures for the third quarter ...

Morning market wrap: US shares edge lower

Shares in the US were marginally weaker overnight as investors again were again prepared to sit on the sidelines and await corporate earnings figures. The Dow Jones lost 8.75 points while the Nasdaq gave up 1.13 points. Domestically, the highlight of ...

New dwellings financed increase by 0.1% in February: ABS

... new dwellings plummeted by 16.9%. ABS also said that the average loan value was $168,400, slightly less than the January figure and 15.5% of all loans were to first home buyers, which reflected a continuous decline of the past year, while 5.6% of all ...

Victoria, Queensland break rising unemployment trend: ABS

The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures for Australia's labour force showed a decline of 42,800 in the number of unemployed persons from 9,563,500 in February 2003 to 9,520,7000 in March 2003. Full time employment decreased by 64,800 ...

APRA hits back at hedge fund policy criticism

... in making these claims." He said that hedge funds were targeting an asset allocation of 10% from superannuation funds, a figure that would see their current funds under management rocket by 600%.