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Daily economic update

There was no surprise in the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to keep official interest rates unchanged at 5.5 per cent. Financial markets were certain that the RBA Board's first meeting for 2006 would not produce any movement in credit rates ...

Daily Economic Update

A draft of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) semi-annual economic outlook - to be published at the end of this month - revealed upgrades to its earlier economic growth forecasts. The draft showed 2005 and 2006 growth ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2005
The Australian share market will likely open little changed today with investor attention turning to further earnings reports from local companies after a subdued performance on Wall Street overnight. It will take little for the market to hit a fresh ...

Morningstar puts CFS small caps funds on hold

Morningstar has placed two of Colonial First State's (CFS) small companies strategies on hold - Future Leaders and Developing Companies - concerned by poor performance and bulky funds under management and recommended Ausbil Dexia's mid-cap strategy. ...

Morningstar selects best large-cap strategies

Morningstar's assessment of 45 large-cap Australian shares strategies has found BGI, GMO, Investors Mutual, Perennial Value and Perpetual to have the best strategies, all of which were awarded a 'highly recommended' rating. The qualitative process also ...

Interest rates may rise after CPI increase

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2005
The case for higher interest rates had strengthened with the recent resurgence of inflation pressures in the domestic economy, analysts said today. Australia's consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.8 per cent in the December quarter, lifting the annual ...

ANZ sticks to earnings forecasts

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2004
ANZ Banking Group today stuck to its earnings guidance for the 2005 financial year, but said competition would continue to place pressure on margins. ANZ chairman Charles Goode also said there was likely to be some further easing in overall credit growth ...

Competition leaving little room for bank fee hikes, says Westpac

Competitive intensity among banks was leaving little room for lifting bank fees, Westpac Banking Corp chief executive David Morgan said [on Sunday]. Mr Morgan said there were no plans in the pipeline for across the board hikes in fees, although a moratorium ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2004
Australian stocks look set to soften after falls in Wall Street overnight. The Australian share market yesterday closed slightly lower in lacklustre trading with the Anzac Day holiday in most states making for subdued activity. The benchmark S&P/ASX ...

March inflation remain subdued

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
Prices of consumer goods and services rose by 0.3% in March to be 2.1% higher than a year earlier, according to the TD Securities/Melbourne Institute monthly inflation gauge. TD Securities chief strategist Stephen Koukoulas said the 0.3% gain overstates ...