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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
The release of the Reserve Bank's growth in financial assets yesterday has revealed a slowing of the credit market, probably as a consumer response to the multiple interest rate rises over the last year. Overall credit growth of 1.1 per cent for the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2007
Australian Bureau of Statistics labour force data indicates that on a seasonally adjusted basis there was a 2.3 per cent rise over the month in unemployed persons, although this is still 8.2 per cent less than a year ago. Of the 44,600 new jobs added ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
The continuing importance of the resource sector can be judged by ABS data released on mineral exploration which shows that expenditure increased by 17.2 per cent or $56.4 million over the last quarter to now be worth $384 million for the quarter. The ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after a strong lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0828 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 23 points to 5,567. Today, the Australian Industry Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers ...

ASIC updates court on Westpoint progress

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2006
The Federal Court in Perth yesterday received an update from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on its investigations into the Westpoint collapse in support of ASIC's bid to extend the freezing of assets of key Westpoint figures. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
While the Western Australian Government is expected to announce a revised estimate of the State budget above the $1.27 billion already forecast from the May budget, a survey by BankWest and the WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry found that in all 16 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment rose by 11.8 per cent over the month to December having fallen 9.7 per cent in November. The November fall was effected by the RBA rate rise a week earlier and the 32,00 fall in employment ...

Employment mobility figures revised

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has revised its estimates about the mobility of the Australian labour force noting that of 9.921 million people aged 15 years and over who were working in February 2006 for employers other than themselves, 11.6 per ...

BankWest moves up the rankings

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
BankWest will end 2006 as the seventh largest retail deposits bank in the country overtaking Suncorp, according to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) figures. David Rose, head of marketing and products, said the jump up the ladder, the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
The National Australia Bank's Monthly Business Survey has reported that business conditions fell by 4 points to a score of +14 during November to effectively reverse the rise of last month but still keep the index at strong levels. Business conditions ...