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ANZ predicts 4% Australian economic growth in 2004

ANZ today predicted that the Australian economy will grow by 3 per cent for 2003 and by 4% for 2004, slightly higher than the forecasted average for world economic growth of 2.9% in 2003, and 3.9% for 2004. But Financial Standard Chief Economist Dr ...

Newspaper job advertisements up by 0.4% in March: ANZ

The total number of newspaper advertisements rose by 0.4% in March to 21,062 per week, the third consecutive monthly increase, according to monthly job advertisement figures released by ANZ today. But the total number of newspaper and internet job advertisments ...

Fixed interest managers under-perform index over 12 months

Australian fixed interest funds have under-performed the sector index over the past 12 months, returning 9.26% compared to the index performance of 9.63%, according to Rainmaker Information. The best performing fund manager in the Australian fixed interest ...

Job vacancies up 4% since November 2002: ABS

The trend estimate of the number of job vacancies in Australia has risen by 4 per cent since November 2002, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today The ABS said there were 106,800 job vacancies in February, with 92,800 in the private sector ...

Super returns heading for second miserable year: Rainmaker

Superannuation members should not only prepare for a second consecutive year of negative returns, but also brace themselves for an even worse year than 2001-2002, according to Rainmaker Information. Australian bonds were the best performing asset class ...

Australian borrowing falls to $22.08 billion in March quarter

Australian borrowing dropped to US$13.3 billion (A$22.08 billion) in the first quarter of 2003, down 18 per cent from the same period in 2002, according to figures released today by Thomson Financial. Thomson said that a sharp fall in domestic bonds ...

Trade deficit widens to $1.87 billion: ABS

Australia's balance of trade in goods and services stood at a deficit figure of $1.87 billion for February 2003 as compared to a deficit of $1.31 billion in January 2003. Data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today showed that the ...

Westfield America earnings on track: Lowy

... December 31 2002. In 2002, the trust made a profit of $432.8 million for the year ended December 31 2002, more than double the figure in the previous year. Distribution per unit was $0.15, 9.2% higher than the previous year. Lowy said that total speciality ...

Retirement income funds suffer 13% sales slowdown: IFSA

Total retirement income funds under management increased by 2.3% over the December quarter to $45.7 billion but total sales were down by over 13% for the quarter to $2.4 billion, the Investment and Financial Services Association Limited (IFSA) said ...

Commonwealth faces up to "challenging" market

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia's (CBA) total assets under management fell $11 billion to around $95 billion in the second half of 2002 against a backdrop of tough market conditions and a preference for 'value' style management, CBA chief financial ...