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Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... rate cut will be announced next month. The NAB Business Confidence Survey and the Westpac/Melbourne Institute Consumer Confidence Index are among domestic key releases this week. The prior month's reports showed business and consumer confidence falling ...

US growth disappoints

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... This marked the ninth consecutive year-on-year fall and the largest monthly decline in 20 years. Also, UK consumer confidence fell to -39 in July - the lowest on record. Meanwhile, Eurozone headline CPI increased to 4.1 percent in the year to July to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... from the US overnight. Wall St rebounded a day after a steep tumble on a drop in oil prices and a rise in consumer confidence. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 97.2 points, or 2.01 per cent, to 4944.6 while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Some Needed Good News

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... equity market reversed all of the previous day's losses last night on the back of a better-than-expected US consumer confidence report and a sharp fall in the price of crude oil. The Conference Board reported that US consumer sentiment rebounded from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
... expected to pull back yesterday's steep losses after Wall St was buoyed by a drop in the oil price and positive consumer confidence data. On the Sydney Futures exchange, the September share price index futures contract firmed 84 points, or 1.74 per cent ...

This Week's Market Movers (28 Jul - 1 Aug 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... month. US: Top-tier economic data are scheduled for release in the US this week starting with an update on US consumer confidence on Wednesday. Markets will be interested to see how consumers are holding up given the ongoing problems in the country. ...

All Eyes on the CPI

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
... 4.8 percent in the 12 months to May and are down by 4.9 percent from the April 2007 peak. In Europe, Italian consumer confidence fell to 95.8 in July from 99.9 the previous month. This is the lowest reading since 1993 as rising inflation is reducing ...

This Week's Market Movers (14-18 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... expected to slow to 0.3 percent in June from 1 percent in May. This is consistent with latest readings on consumer confidence. The US consumer confidence index dropped to 50.2 points in May to its lowest level since the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks. ...

Market Movers (10 July)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... months, it could help neutralise the flow of negative news. There were plenty of these earlier this week:, July consumer confidence dropped to its lowest level since 1992;, Housing finance commitments for owner-occupied housing declined by 7.9 percent ...

This Week's Market Movers (7-11 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... sector, particularly given the renewed volatility in financial markets and renewed credit spread widening. Consumer Confidence (July). Rising prices for petrol, food and rent, higher mortgage repayments and falling share prices pulled down consumer confidence ...

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