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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2006
... in the EU arte now at their highest level since late 2002 after five rises since December of 2005. However the Bank of England has not raised rates after its latest meeting, they presently stand at 4.75 per cent in the UK. The European Union has decided ...

IFM in A$5.5bn bid for fourth-largest English and Welsh water supplier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
... consortium it is involved with is bidding to takeover AWG in the UK, the fourth-largest water supplier and sewage company in England and Wales. Other consortium partners also include Osprey Acquisitions, which is part-owned by the Canadian Pension Board ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
... 2,167.84. LONDON - UK shares fell, following other world markets down amid global inflation fears and ahead of a Bank of England interest rate announcement on Thursday. The FTSE 100 fell 52.4 points to 5,929.3. FRANKFURT - The DAX index fell 71.01 points ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
The share market is expected to open weaker, following a surprise lift in rates by the Bank of England (BOE) and the European Central Bank (ECB). On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0738 AEST, the September share price index contract was down 11 points ...

Daily economic update

... export=dependent economy. Bottomline; While more rate hikes are still expected, the timing is now uncertain. The Bank of England also left interest rates unchanged at 4.5 per cent due to still weak economic growth.

Weekly economic round-up

The monetary policy outlook dominates this week's financial market activity with Reserve Bank of Australia, Bank of England and the European Central Bank meetings to deliberate on their respective interest rate settings. The end of last week's financial ...

Daily economic update

... the same period but better than the Eurozone's 1.3 per cent growth rate. The GDP report gives credence to the Bank of England's (BoE) assessment of a 'remarkably benign' rate of economic growth and inflation and reinforces expectation that the British ...

Daily economic update

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Council (MPC) voted 8-1 to keep interest rates unchanged for the seventh month in a row. The minutes of the MPC March meeting revealed that the almost unanimous decision to keep interest rates steady at 4.5 per ...

Weekly economic round-up

... thinking with respect to the outlook for the domestic economy and the future of interest rates. Overseas, both the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan also left their respective key interest rate unchanged as expected. Apart from the RBA's statement ...

Daily economic update

... whether the rebound in housing could be sustained given the softening domestic labour market. Overseas, both the Bank of England (BOE) and the Bank of Japan (BoJ) left their respective key interest rate unchanged as expected. The BOE left interest rates ...