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Merchandise imports drop to $10.397 billion in May: ABS

... item on the export bill for May was miscellaneous manufactured items at $1.368 billion, down from April's $1.499 billion. Third was manufactured goods at $1.345 billion, up from April's figure of $1.278 billion. Chemicals and related products were fourth ...

Survey reveals reduced investor confidence in managed funds

Australian investors with margin loans believe managed funds are equally as risky as shares and so are more likely to gear directly into equities this year, according to the Macquarie Margin Lending (MML) annual client survey of investor intentions. ...

Snowball announces $1.3 million capital raising

... to pursue its objectives of scale by capturing major new business opportunities and possibly acquiring or merging with a third party. Snowball executive chairman Philip Kelly said he intends to step down as chairman once the proposed funding is undertaken ...

Super funds and master trusts back domestic share prices: survey

... the similar for Australian fixed interest. Only 9% said values would rise and 24% said they would fall. For property, one-third of those surveyed said values would fall, with only 19 believing they would strengthen. The survey in full can be found in ...

Newspaper job ads rise by 8.1% in May, but disguise downturn: ANZ

... by 5.5%. ANZ also said that the number of internet job advertisements fell by 3.6% in May to 65,679 per week. This is the third consecutive monthly decline in the number of internet job advertisements. However, February recorded an 11.8% rise in advertisements ...

Interest rates and strength of Australian dollar to rise: NAB

... US$0.72 before moving down moderately to the mid US$0.60 range. According to NAB, the dollar will hit the US$0.71 mark in the third quarter of 2003 and will likely stay in the early US$0.70 range till it dips to US$0.68 in the third quarter 2004 and ...

Australians are the second biggest spenders after Americans

... rich countries spend less than one-fourth of their income on food, while in poor countries consumers spend more than one-third of their income on food." The research also revealed that there is a great deal of similarity across countries, implying that ...

Budget underestimated drought costs by $200 million: official

... had taken up federal assistance as was originally assumed, he continued. He said the department had assumed around one- third of all farmers in drought areas would ask for assistance. Instead, the take-up rate had been much lower, while many farmers ...

Analysis: April survey finds industry upbeat on equities

Investment professionals throughout the industry are confident that Australian equity prices will rise over the next six-to-12 months, according to the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's latest market expectations survey. The survey, conducted on ...

Morning market wrap: US shares fractionally higher

... trans-Tasman financial services group will be hoping to somehow lift investor confidence after seeing approximately one-third wiped off its share value last week. All Ordinaries: 2967.00 (+0.00) Dow Jones: 8601.38 (+7.36) NASDAQ: 1510.09 (+2.54) FTSE-100 ...