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Daily Economic Update

After a lull over the past few months, the Australian labour market is again picking up speed. The number of employed persons increased by 27,900 in March, This follows February's surprise jump of 25,900 and is higher than market expectations for a ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as stronger base metal prices and a positive lead from US markets set the stage for another move to record highs today. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was one point firmer ...

Daily economic update

There were again no surprises in the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) announcement that its Board decided to keep the official cash rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent after yesterday's meeting. Moderate economic growth and benign inflation pressures have ...

Daily economic update

... its contribution in the succeeding quarters. Meanwhile, the Eurozone purchasing managers index (PMI) increased to 56.1 in March - the highest since September 2000 -- from 54.5 in the previous month. The PMI is a reliable leading indicator of Eurozone ...

Weekly economic round-up

The monetary policy outlook dominates this week's financial market activity with Reserve Bank of Australia, Bank of England and the European Central Bank meetings to deliberate on their respective interest rate settings. The end of last week's financial ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as a softer US market, as well as weakness in commodities on Friday, suggest an early negative lead for the domestic bourse. However, with expectations of an agreement on uranium sales to China ...

Daily economic update

... to grow by 2.7 per cent in 2006. More good news for Germany. The Gfk consumer confidence index in Germany rose to 5.1 in March - the highest in more than four years - from 5.0 in the previous month. This follows yesterday's news of a surge in the Ifo ...

InvestorWeb downgrades Perpetual funds

Ratings and research house InvestorWeb has downgraded a number of Perpetual funds after the group altered its Australian share fund's allocation to allow its managers to invest in international shares. InvetorWeb Research investment analyst, Jeremy ...

Daily economic update

To no one's surprise, the US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 4.75 per cent. It also lifted the discount rate to 5.75 per cent. The accompanying statement said that the rebound ...

Asset Super reallocates assets with new mandates

Asset Super's rapidly swelling FUM has caused it to rethink and reallocate its investment allocation, resulting in new mandates being given to QUEST Asset Partners and Perennial. Intech, the fund's asset allocation managers, will oversee the process ...