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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 ...

Consulting the cows

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... However, the Australian dollar may be hitting the goods prices and the real problem for us is not our exports but our imports, and this reinforces why interest rates should not increase. European economists are busy speculating on the economic impact ...

Inflation up but lower than expected

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
... providing a counterbalance to creeping domestic price inflation. But prices of domesticly produced goods were just as flat as imports, remaining unchanged over the quarter. Meanwhile, our stellar Aussie dollar rising yesterday to US83.24Ac is inflicting ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
... April bulletin, while the Melbourne Institute index of consumer inflation expectations is due out. The ABS merchandise imports data for March are to be released. In equities, a number of companies will hold annual general meetings, including energy giant ...