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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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
... points at 6386. In economic news, the Australian Bureau of Statistics today releases data on international merchandise imports for June. In company news, SP AusNet holds its annual general meetings and ERA Ltd's second quarter report is due. The Australian ...

Macq steaks $700m fund

... Australia's quality lamb and beef exports that will drive the profits of these businesses. According to statistics, Asian beef imports could exceed Australia's total production by 2010. Higher disposable incomes in Asia will also drive higher beef consumption. ...

Economic round-up: Lead balloon lifts exports

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
... Bureau of Statistics latest data shows a jump in goods and services exports of 38 per cent over the last three years while imports have only risen by around 13 per cent. This improvement has Australia heading towards its lowest goods and services deficit ...

Economic round-up: Creaming cheese exports

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
... except those sending cream cheese to Korea, are really feeling the bite. Our dollar's strength is positively impacting imports, and price increases of imported goods such as cars, computers and clothing are on a downward trend of around 3.7 per cent. ...

Economic round-up: RBA thumbs-up

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... $15.5 billion outcome for Q406. This fall came courtesy of a 1.5 per cent rise in exports and a decrease in the rate of imports leaving our current account deficit sitting at 5.7 per cent of GDP. Interestingly, HSBC's chief economist, Dr John Edwards ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... weakness in China yesterday and that's followed on overnight," Mr Anderson said. "Just a little concern about China's imports slowing down, so that has affected the big miners particularly, BHP and Rio. "It is really that sector that is dragging the ...

UBS Australia imports global strength

The newly appointed chief executive of UBS Global Asset Management Australia, Paul Bolinowsky, has signalled that the group will increasingly use the intellectual muscle of its parent company as more and more local investors demand investment products ...