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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 ...

Market Wrap - morning

... 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 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
... import of agricultural goods from Brazil and India until these countries reply in kind by opening up their economies to imports of industrial goods and allowing professional services an entry point. The US action regarding Chinese goods is expected to ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
... production is up nearly 41 per cent, refined zinc is up 30 per cent and total nickel production is up 62 per cent. Raw imports are up significantly too with bauxite increasing by 290 per cent, iron ore up 26 per cent, nickel ore up 3140 per cent and ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2007
... February compared to a year earlier. While exports grew by 9.7 per cent over the period, the fastest rate for eight months, imports fell from 11.1 per cent to 10.1 per cent effectively channeling more money in the Japanese direction. Both the Australian ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
... share price index contract was up 28 points at 5,904. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases merchandise imports data for February. Carbine Resources and NuPower Resources list on the Australian stock exchange. The Australian stock market ...

Daily economic round-up

... cent over the last year which is there fastest for a dozen years and significantly outpaces the 13 per cent increase in imports to the Chinese economy. The February surplus of $23.8 billion was nearly tenfold that of a year earlier and if this continues ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2007
... were household final consumption expenditure (0.7 per cent) and private non-farm inventories (0.6 per cent). It was the imports of goods and services that acted to reduce GDP by 1.4 percentage points. At the industry level it was the agriculture, forestry ...