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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
Yesterday's rise in interest rates takes the total to five rate rises since 2002, totalling 2 per cent, and the fourth since the last election when Prime Minister Howard promised to keep rates low. As a consequence the average household will be paying ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open firmer following a strong Wall Street rise. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0740 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 13 points at 5,456. Today, News Corp releases its first quarter results ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
The Australian stock market was weaker at noon today after a central bank interest rate rise put the brakes on the bourse's recent rally to record highs. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 24.5 points lower at 5467.1, while the all ordinaries ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open marginally firmer with a likely interest rate rise expected tp weigh on otherwise positive sentiment following gains in world share and commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0744 AEDT, the ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket continued to reach new heights at noon with banks and resources leading the way, underpinned by strong gains on Wall Street. One stockbroker attributed the strong morning trading to the Melbourne Cup, with brokers and investors ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
The ANZ job series released yesterday showed the number of major newspaper and internet job ads rose by 5.8 per cent in October to an average of more than 195,000 per week, 25.3 per cent higher a year ago. The earlier September increase of 0.3 per cent ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger, following a firm rally in global markets and yesterday's push to record highs. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0738 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 59 points at 5,490. Today ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
The recent uplift in consumer sentiment as measured by the Westpac survey has not been transferred into much buoyancy in retail sales, as indicated by the ABS monthly release of the data yesterday. Retail sales grew by just 0.1 per cent in seasonally ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower as a negative lead from Wall Street is softened by higher metal prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0720 AEDT, the December share price index contract was down seven points at 5,396. Today ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2006
Notes on the Australian System of National Accounts released yesterday showed that while GDP increased by 2.8 per cent in 2005-06, GDP per capita increased by 1.5 per cent. The household savings ratio, which has been on a downward spiral for three decades ...