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Economist says current account deficit figures are "disturbing"

John Fernando A leading Sydney-based economist said today that the current account deficit figures released earlier this week are "disturbing." In an exclusive interview with the Financial Standard, Dr. Ric Simes, chief economist with ICAP, a wholesale ...

Retail growth sluggish, house prices remain strong: ABS

Paul Cully Consumer confidence remained weak in January, with figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealing that retail spending rose just 0.2 per cent in January to $14.48 billion. This follows moderate a seasonally ...

Economist says current account deficit figures are disturbing

John Fernando A leading Sydney-based economist said today that the current account deficit figures released earlier this week are disturbing. In an exclusive interview with the Financial Standard, Dr. Ric Simes, chief economist with ICAP, a wholesale ...

Economy grows by 0.4% in December quarter: ABS

John Fernando The latest national accounting figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today showed that Australia's economy grew by 0.4% for the December quarter and by 3% for 2002 as a whole. The ABS also said the drought would ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries return negative figures

John Fernando The All Ordinaries shed 1.36% in trading today as Hong Kong's Hang Seng index also decreased by 1.22% following the trend set in Wall Street where stocks took a dive yesterday. Meanwhile the dollar is trading at a three-year high at US$0.62 ...

Housing approvals fall by 2.1% in January: ABS

... to January 2002. The number of private sector house building approvals for January fell by 0.5% to 8,910 compared to the figure for December 2002, This figure represents a 10.7% decrease over the year to January 2002. The seasonally adjusted estimate ...

$16 billion of assets disappear in 12 months: ABS

Paul Cully Total assets held by fund managers have shrunk by $16 billion in the past 12 months, according to the latest managed funds figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The ABS said total assets at the end of the December ...

Morning wrap market wrap:

John Fernando The All Ordinaries gained about 0.5% in trading today on the back of good news from the US where the economy had grown twice as fast as had been estimated for the fourth quarter of 2002. The gains in the All Ords were due to the demand ...

Job advertisements climb 3.2% in February: ANZ

... increase of 3.2 per cent the number of advertisements placed in major metropolitan newspapers in February, lifting the figure to an average of 20,988 per week, the bank said today. The increase follows a 4.3% increase in January, and a 12.5% decrease ...

Wealth management slowdown dents Suncorp's half-year profit

... half-year profits, it announced today. The company announced an interim profit of $155 million, just 0.65% up over last year's figure, largely due to a reduction in wealth management profits from $36 million in the same half-year period in 2001 to $17 ...