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Real estate under threat

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
Real estate could soon be a threatened asset class if property fund managers are not transparent about the sales and devaluation of their funds, says a US property investment expert. The slow trickling of cash flows into the global REITs sector has ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... expectations survey for the June quarter and the Housing Industrial Association affordability report for the December quarter. In equities, companies reporting first half results are retailer JB Hi-Fi Ltd, IOOF Holdings Ltd, Australian Wealth Management ...

Focus on the good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... employee hours more than they cut production. Non-farm productivity increased by a hefty 3.2 per cent in the December quarter - twice the 1.6 per cent rate expected -- and follows an upwardly revised 1.5 per cent in the third quarter. Productivity improved ...

Darkest before dawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... because consumer spending declined - down 1 per cent in the September quarter and down 0.9 per cent again in the December quarter -- faster than producers can say pink slip. The US GDP numbers are not set in stone. There are two more revisions to come. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... Securities/Melbourne Institute Inflation Gauge for January, the Australia Bureau of Statistics house price indices data for the December quarter and Housing Industry Association new home sales for December will be released. Also on Monday, the Australian ...

Worst of the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... real GDP finally confirmed its entry into the recession club. Economic growth contracted by 1.5 per cent in the December quarter - the biggest drop since 1980 - following a 0.6 per cent decline in the September quarter. Year-on-year real GDP fell by ...

Bigger fish to fry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... morning, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will release data showing how consumer prices fared in the December quarter. Odds on betting is that, given the economic slowdown, domestic inflation will level off from a 13-year high (excluding the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... 3,419. In economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the Consumer Price Index for the December quarter. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Indices of economic activity for January is due. In company news, supermarket giant Woolworths ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... 3,345. In economic news on Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases producer price indices for the December quarter. In company news, miners Centennial Coal Company Ltd and Macarthur Coal Ltd release second quarter production reports. On ...

Read between the headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... are now better informed and are unlikely to take headlines at face value. Take the case of Access Economics' December quarter report predicting gloom and doom for the Australian economy. A quick googling on the web revealed that in an interview with ...