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Australia catches Dutch Disease

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... suffocating under a current account deficit that just won't budge. The terms of trade are a measure of the prices we pay for imports in relation to the prices we receive for our exports. It is often seen as a de facto indicator of a country's net wealth ...

Hard landing if we don't heed RBA warnings

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... account problems despite interest rates driving our dollar, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has just reported that imports increased 6 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms in January. The ABS said, "Intermediate and other merchandise goods ...

Unsticking the CAD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... an Australia-Singapore breakfast gathering in December. If we are hoping for a reprieve from a rising currency making imports too attractive and discouraging our exports then we better think again however. This is because more interest rate rises are ...

Who cares about the US, it's Asia that matters

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... for the export markets of countries we export our commodities to. Offsetting this is of course the 12 per cent of our imports we get from the US. But the economic reality is that Australia is now so ingrained with Asia's markets that it's embarrassing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... the December share price index was up 43 points to 6546. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases merchandise imports data for October. James Hardie Ltd releases second quarter and half year results. Bluglass Ltd and Valad Property Group hold ...

Deck the halls with interest rate hikes

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
... rate hike but there will likely be another one under the Christmas tree. Yesterday's retail trade data and consumer goods imports in the monthly trade balance statistics showed consumer demand still on the rise across the economy in September and throughout ...

The worm turns

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... which has slipped back just slightly from its US91Ac high, it is still inflicting pain on exporters. However, cheaper imports are restraining wholesale prices which is easing cost pressures for businesses and encouragning less restraint from consumers. ...

Saddle up the greenback

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2007
... doing it tough. However, Harcourt noted that negative affects of the increased dollar are so far being offset by cheaper imports over a large variety of products such as capital equipment or fabrics to produce export goods. According to Austrade research ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
... at 6261. Today, the Paydirt Asia Pacific Down Under Conference begins in Perth, ABS international merchandise releases imports data for August, and JP Morgan and Fujitsu launch their 2007 Australian Mortgage Industry Report. In Sydney Global Nickel Investments ...

Economic balancing act

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
... another rate hike. On one hand our record-breaking Aussie dollar is inflicting pain on exporters. On the upside, cheaper imports are restraining wholesale prices which is easing cost pressures for businesses and providing a counterbalance for creeping ...