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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
The US economy has received good news about the abatement of inflation with the release of consumer and producer price data showing that the consumer index fell by 0.5 per cent in September and that producer prices fell by 1.3 per cent largely as a ...

More countries sign up for REITs

The US$1.03 trillion global real estate investment trust (REIT) sector is poised for further growth with UK and Germany setting up REIT-like investment structures next year and other countries such as Italy, Finland, Mexico and Spain considering it. ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open weaker following Wall Street's fall overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0738 AEST, the December share price index contract was 20 points lower at 5266. Today the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
The US release of key retail sales data for September showed that while there was a 0.4 per cent fall in sales most of this was due to the 9.3 per cent reduction in petrol station sales due to falling fuel costs since July. Consequently, excluding fuel ...

NSW bankruptcies reach record highs

The latest quarterly figures from the Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia (ITSA) have shown record levels of bankruptcies in NSW with accountancy specialist Hall Chadwick warning "more bumps" are ahead. Compared to an already high 1,900 bankruptcies ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger following Wall Street's healthy gain on Friday. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0759 AEST, the December share price index contract was 19 points higher at 5322. Today, market interest is expected ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
The release of monthly Australian Bureau of Statistics employment data yesterday revealed that in September about 31,400 jobs were added to the economy, taking the total to 271,000 over the last year. However, the number of people unemployed has dropped ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
The possibility of an interest rate rise at the next meeting of the RBA increased last night when the governor, Dr Glenn Stevens, mentioned that the September quarter CPI figure due on 25 October would be a linch pin in the decision. Dr Stevens said ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger today following a pick up in commodity prices overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0735 AEST, the December share price index contract was up one point at 5279. Today, the Bank of Queensland ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
Financial markets across the world have held up reasonably well despite North Korea's nuclear tests that sent shockwaves across global financial markets on Monday. Most markets recovered by Tuesday and the US Dow Jones Industrial Index reached its record ...