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G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... achieve its aim of increasing collective GDP in the next five years." (Bloomberg) They're going to "lift global economic activity by $US2 trillion ($A2.2 trillion) over the next five years...". ( http://www.sbs.com.au/ ) And they have a plan: "To achieve ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... six points at 5,369. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is due out. In equities news, Fortescue Metals Group, Wesfarmers, The Reject Shop, Southern Cross Media, Suncorp Group, Brambles ...

CBA posts $4.27bn half year profit

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... was positive activity in the housing sector. "So all in all, we continue to assume that any improvements in economic activity in the next year will be gradual rather than dramatic," Narev said.

Regulation holding financial services back: Brogden

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... manage large amounts of foreign money means that Australia also fails to receive the flow-on benefits from higher economic activity, employment and tax collection, Brogden said. "Instead, we are losing this business to Hong Kong, Singapore and others ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... Bureau of Statistics releases CPI data for the December quarter while the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Indexes of Economic Activity for November is also due out. In major equities news, BHP Billiton is expected to post its fourth quarter production report. ...

AMP Capital proposes new infra funding model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
... infrastructure projects on the grounds that it would reap the benefits of increased tax revenue from the resulting economic activity. AMP Capital made the proposal as part of its submission to the Productivity Commission's Public Infrastructure Inquiry. ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... to 9,195.17 points despite official data showing German industrial production shrank again in October, with economic activity down in all major sectors. Meanwhile, France should post economic growth of 0.5 per cent in the last quarter of this year, the ...

Investors unwise to flee emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... gains. "There is upside potential in emerging-market stocks next year on even a modest pick-up in emerging-market economic activity," he said. AllianceBernstein added that while emerging markets have had a tough year, the relationship between developed ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... releases October international merchandise imports data and the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Indexes of Economic Activity is due out, as is the Commonwealth Bank business sales indicator for October. In equities news, Virgin Australia, Myer Holdings ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... chief Janet Yellen will keep the US central bank's stimulus policy in place. Investors brushed aside news that economic activity slowed in Germany and contracted in France in the third quarter, with gains in the US constrained by disappointing earnings. ...