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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... news today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases construction data for the March quarter. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity for March is released. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations releases ...

Record jobless rate not feeding a wage spiral

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... shows. Total pay rates, which include bonuses and overtime, increased by 7.5 per cent in the year to May, the Melbourne Institute quarterly wages report found. But basic hourly wages in the same period were up by a lower 3.9 per cent. Melbourne Institute ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... direction. At 0734 AEST on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was up four points at 5,734. The Melbourne Institute releases its May quarter wages report. Price Waterhouse Coopers announces its private business barometer and survey. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... Industry of Australia-Commonwealth Affordability report for the March quarter is released along with the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment for May. Agribusiness AWB Ltd reveals its interim results and Lihir Gold Ltd, Iluka Resources ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... meantime, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its lending finance data for March, and Manpower and the Melbourne Institute release their employment report for May. In equities, attention will be focussed on Westpac Banking Corporation's proposal ...

Retail spending is not slowing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... may be 18 months before interest rate begin to fall. Reinforcing the trend, the just-released TD Securities-Melbourne Institute Monthly Inflation Gauge jumped another 0.5 per cent in April to 4.3 per cent, which way above the Reserve Bank comfort zone. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index at 1200 AEST was 35 points lower at 5516. yesterday's Melbourne Institute survey of consumer expectations for April showed the median expectation of inflation was 4.3 per cent, down from 4.6 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... Campbell said that while the market had started strongly on the back of firmer resource stocks, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment had dragged the market down. "This is the third month in a row that the sentiment has been down," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... Futures exchange, the June share price index at 0705 AEST was up 45 points at 5673. In the news today, the Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment for April will be released. US Environmental Protection Agency chief executive Stephen Johnson ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... 5309. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases lending finance data for January and the Westpac/Melbourne Institute release their index of consumer confidence for March. The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations releases ...