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Daily Economic Update

Consistent with the improving trend in job advertisements reported by the ANZ last Monday, Australian employment rose in November following two consecutive months of decline. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that employment rose by 28,000 ...

Over 65s insurance blues over

Insurance provider Aviva has launched an insurance product for people aged over 65 in a positive step towards addressing the longer life expectancies of retirees. "It is a trend that's now starting to happen in the market. The recognition that people ...

Daily Economic Update

Today's economic releases is good news for the Australian economy but the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will still decide not to change interest rate settings for now. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that the total value of dwelling ...

VC funds growing faster than it can be allocated: ABS

The venture capital investment market increased 25 per cent during the 2004-05 financial year and now amounts to $11.2 billion, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' latest venture capital survey. Following the 20 per cent growth reported ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

Last week's battery of domestic economic reports did nothing to alter the prevailing view over Australian monetary policy settings. If anything, they strengthened investors' conviction that local interest rates will remain steady at 5.5 per cent in ...

Van Eyk to fly with Concord

Concord Capital has been appointed to the Australian shares multi-manager stable of van Eyk's Blueprint Series. In their report for Blueprint, van Eyk said, "Concord Capital had several distinctive and attractive features including their experienced ...

Daily Economic Update

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that retail sales rose by 0.5 per cent in October, more than offsetting the previous month's 0.3 per cent decline. This was slightly higher than market expectations for a 0.4 per cent rise. The latest ...

Super choice could hit 10 per cent in just year one: InvestmentLink

Information hub specialist InvestmentLink reports super choice is taking off with 2 per cent of members already making an active choice in just four months, and they expect this could grow to 10 per cent within a year. Peter Philip, InvestmentLink chief ...

Daily Economic Update

The US leading indicators rose by 0.9 per cent in October, more than negating the 0.8 per cent decline in the previous month. This is the first rise in four months and slightly better-than-expectations for a 0.8 per cent increase. Seven of the 10 indicators ...

Daily Economic Update

Australian car buyers continue to feel the pinch of higher petrol prices. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today reported that sales of new motor vehicles dropped by 6.7 per cent in October. Sales across all vehicle types posted declines during ...