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Morning Market Wrap: Dollar stronger after hitting new six-year high

... November inflation expectations survey. Reserve Bank of Australia governor Ian Macfarlane speaks in Melbourne at the Economic Outlook Conference, while the same city will host the BHP Billiton, Austereo and Daily Planet annual general meetings. The Australian ...

Consumer sentiment falls 2% in November: Westpac

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2003
... fell by 3.6 per cent and expectations for finances over the next 12 months fell by 2.2 per cent. The volatile economic outlook fell by a surprisingly low 3.1 per cent and the five year outlook rose by 0.8 per cent. Whether or not now is a good time to ...

RBA says little to be gained by delaying rise in interest rates

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2003
... months. "Over the period ahead, the (RBA) board will continue to assess the changing balance of risks to the economic outlook and adjust the stance of policy as needed to foster sustained and balanced growth, consistent with achieving the inflation target ...

Consumer sentiment rises to nine-year high: Westpac

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2003
Consumer sentiment rose to a nine-year high in October with Australian households more confident about the economic outlook, a survey has found. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment rose by 1.5 per cent in October to 117.8, the ...

Midday Market Wrap: Bond market stronger after yesterday's sell off

... the need to see a few more of these positive labour market surprises before the downside risks to the global economic outlook are marked lower," they said. "Hence a rate hike in 2003 is a possibility but we continue to favour an early 2004 move." They ...

Banks, resources supported, telcos challenged : Citigroup

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2003
An improving global economic outlook and a stabilising credit environment supports the bank and resources sector while operating conditions for telecommunications remain challenging, a credit analyst said today. While corporate bond supply remains patchy ...

Domestic economy to continue fast growth: IMF outlook

... the fastest growing advanced economies in the world next year, according to the IMF the September 2003 World Economic Outlook. Despite the weak global economy and the lingering impact of the drought, the IMF forecasts that the Australian economy will ...

Domestic economic outlook improving: Costello

The outlook for Australia's economy was improving after a disappointing June quarter, Federal Treasurer Peter Costello said today. Official figures last week showed the economy grew by just 0.1 per cent in the June quarter, with exports savaged by the ...

House price declines now the major risk to growth: RBA

... by a further cut in rates, had yet to diminish. "Given these considerations, and the current assessment of the economic outlook, the case for an easing was judged to have weakened since June, and thus the cash rate was again kept unchanged at both the ...

Argo Investments posts 22% rise in net profit

... June 2003, up from $61.194 million in the previous year. Argo chairman Chris Harris said that while the global economic outlook remained difficult to judge, there were some indications that a mild upturn may occur in the year ahead, although Australia ...