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Aust business conditions improve in June: NAB survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2004
... increasing signs that the local economy has re-accelerated through the course of the June quarter,\" NAB chief economist Alan Oster said. He said forward orders had moved significantly higher for the first time since late 2003, as had capital spending ...

Aust May business conditions steady but growth still strong: NAB

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2004
... consistent with ongoing growth in domestic demand of around five per cent. From today's results, NAB chief economist Alan Oster cautioned that not too much weight should be placed on the sharp slowing in adjusted growth shown in last week's March quarter ...

Aust business conditions broadly unchanged in April - NAB

... conditions at reasonably robust levels last month, after a slowing in the early part of this year. NAB chief economist Alan Oster said the April reading implied that ongoing domestic demand growth of just above 1% per quarter, or nearly 5% annualised ...

RBA decision to leave rates unchanged no surprise

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
... coming through and so I'd prefer to leave my rate forecast flat," he said. National Australia Bank chief economist Alan Oster said he had not expected the central bank to hike rates this month. "We think it will be a couple of months before they make ...

Agribusiness conditions improve marginally for the September quarter: NAB survey

... relatively weak level, the latest National Australia Bank (NAB) quarterly agribusiness survey has revealed. According to Alan Oster, chief economist at NAB, agribusiness conditions remain weak relative to the rest of the non-farm business sector. The ...

Economy strong; rates will rise: NAB survey

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2003
... forward orders and capex spending have all continued to accelerate through the September quarter. NAB chief economist Alan Oster said the bank remained comfortable with its GDP forecasts of 2.5 per cent growth for 2003, mainly reflecting weak June quarter ...

August business conditions strongest in nearly nine years: NAB

... which appeared to partly reflect improving margins. "Whichever way you look at the & results for August," according to Alan Oster, NAB's chief economist, "the core findings are of underlying domestic strength and, in recent months, an accelerating growth ...

Growth survey reveals a resilient domestic economy: Costello

... resilience of the Australian economy, Treasurer Peter Costello said today. National Australia Bank chief economist Alan Oster said the bank's monthly survey showed that in the two months following the very subdued June quarter the economy accelerated ...

Rain leads to improved confidence: NAB Agribusiness survey

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2003
... Australian dollar - which rose by 10.5 per cent in the quarter - and falling commodity prices. NAB chief economist Alan Oster said the near-term outlook for agribusiness was improving as an end to the drought in some areas of the country looked imminent. ...

Economists welcome Government "backflip" on CGS

... $40 billion, although this could mean the market would be less liquid in the future. National Bank's chief economist Alan Oster also said the Government decision to maintain the CGS market following a public review was a welcome outcome. He said that ...