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Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
... consecutive quarters of negative growth) after its economy rebounded from the 0.1 per cent contraction in the December quarter of last year. Statistics New Zealand reported that the country's real GDP expanded by 0.7 per cent in the first quarter supported ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
... cent. Market expectations were for a first quarter increase of 0.7 per cent and 2.7 per cent over the year. The December quarter figure was revised upward to show growth of 0.7 per cent from the previous estimate of 0.5 per cent. Household spending rose ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
... per cent. These compare with increases of 0.9 per cent (private sector) and 1 per cent (public sector) in the December quarter. The recent report should temper market speculation about further RBA interest rate hikes this year, especially given the recent ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2006
... be gaining traction. Real GDP rose by 0.6 per cent in the first quarter, up from 0.3 per cent recorded in the December quarter of 2005, taking the region's year-on-year growth to 2.0 per cent. The expansion increases the likelihood that the European ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006
... per cent in the first quarter of this year. This followed similarly strong expansions of 9.9 per cent in the December quarter of 2005, 9.8 per cent in the third quarter, 10.1 per cent in the second quarter and 9.9 per cent in the first three months of ...

Tax cuts will trigger rates hike: Economists

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2006
... finance, action clearances which are back up to 50 to 60 per cent and the 1 per cent lift in housing prices in the December quarter." While it was widely reported that the unchanged tax rates come as a surprise given recent signs of strength in the economy ...

Daily economic update

... the United Kingdom to its fastest quarterly rate of growth in one year. UK GDP expanded by 0.6 per cent in the December quarter, building on the 0.5 per cent rise in the previous quarter. However, the economy grew by only 1.8 per cent for the full year ...

Recovering house prices to sustain wealth affect

... Western Australia (up 16 per cent). Sydney's median house price dropped just 0.4 per cent to $485,000 in the December quarter 2005, which compared to the 3 per cent median price fall for the year, suggests the declining trend in Sydney prices may be ...

Weekly economic round-up

... For instance, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports last week showed dwelling starts fell in the December quarter and vehicle sales renewed their slump in February. According to the ABS, dwelling starts dropped by 7.5 per cent in the final ...

Daily economic update

... net profits fell for the seventh straight quarter in March, easing 18 per cent compared with 25 per cent in the December quarter. This report should have no significant impact on Australian monetary policy. Meanwhile, Australian Bureau of Statistics ...