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Daily Economic Update

As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept interest rates on hold following its final Board meeting for the year 2005. The Australian central bank last raised interest rates in March taking the cash rate from 5.25 per cent to the current ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open broadly unchanged as the US market retreated in late trading, weighing on local sentiment. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was one point firmer at 4623. On the day ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

Last week's battery of domestic economic reports did nothing to alter the prevailing view over Australian monetary policy settings. If anything, they strengthened investors' conviction that local interest rates will remain steady at 5.5 per cent in ...

Market Wrap

The Australian share market is expected to open slightly firmer as stronger oil prices feed through to energy stocks, although the market is expected to start winding back as it heads into the summer session. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December ...

Daily Economic Update

The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that house prices in Australia's eight major capital cities fell by 1 per cent in the September quarter, more than reversing the 0.7 per cent gain of the previous three-month period. The fall in house prices ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open sharply firmer, retracing most of yesterday's losses as a positive move on US markets, as well as a surge in base metal prices, combine to drive overall market sentiment higher. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Business investments overtakes consumer spending

Today's economic data reports re-affirm consensus views that Australian business investment has become the major driving force in the economy, taking over the mantle from consumer spending and housing. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported ...

Marketwrap

The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as a poor lead in the US is expected to flow through to domestic markets, despite another strong performance by commodity prices overnight. With the start of December, trade volumes will start to ...

Big brands bounce back: S&P

Fund managers have reaped the benefits of favorable markets, with a sizable increase in assets under management and net fund flow, according to Standard and Poor's (S&P's) September quarter report. S&P's preliminary finding report for the September  ...

Daily Economic Update

A draft of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) semi-annual economic outlook - to be published at the end of this month - revealed upgrades to its earlier economic growth forecasts. The draft showed 2005 and 2006 growth ...