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Aust building approvals fall 4.4% in March - ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
Building approvals fell sharply in March, new figures showed today, making up for a surprise increase the previous month. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said building approvals fell 4.4% in March, in line with market expectations, after a ...

Reserve Bank of Australia tipped to leave rates on hold

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
The Reserve Bank is tipped to leave interest rates on hold today but many analysts are predicting a rise in the next month or two. Australia's central bank will announce the result of its board meeting at 0930 (AEST) today. Some economists believe the ...

Aust bulding approvals likely to fall in March: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2004
Australian building approvals are expected to resume a downward trend in March, after a surprise hike in February, as approvals for units and apartments come off the boil, economists said. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will publish March ...

Home lending picks up again in March: RBA

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2004
Home lending picked up again in March to take annual growth to a new record high, new figures showed today, increasing the risk of an interest rate rise in coming months. Reserve Bank figures showed home lending jumped 2.1 per cent last month, from ...

Google plans share auction in $3.74 million IPO lodged with SEC

Internet search powerhouse Google Thursday filed its long-awaited public share offering, proposing to raise some $US2.7 billion ($A3.74 billion) and making public some of the company's long-held secrets. The initial public offering (IPO), seen as one ...

Santos looks to new projects to rebound from Moomba disruption

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2004
Major oil and gas producer Santos is confident of recovering from a dismal quarter of production, with investment decisions due soon on three development projects worth $600 million to shore up its future. In its first quarterly production report since ...

European interest rates to remain steady, ECB chief hints

The European Central Bank is positioning itself to keep interest rates steady at its monthly meeting next week despite growing uncertainty about eurozone growth prospects, its president hinted Tuesday along with several other ECB officials. "Although ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2004
The Australian share market is likely to find itself treading water again at the open, after another lacklustre lead from Wall Street overnight. US blue-chip stocks made gains, but the key indices did not strengthen significantly and the local market ...

CPI figures to show inflation below RBA target, economists say

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2004
Inflationary data out this week is expected to show the headline CPI rate has dropped below the Reserve Bank's target range of two to three per cent for the first time since 1999. But economists believe it will be the lowest point of the year, with ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2004
In Sydney today, Australian stocks are set to stumble after US markets dropped sharply overnight following comments from Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan that were taken to imply that interest rates there could soon rise. The Australian share ...