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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... said its consumer confidence index fell to 46 in February from 56.5 last month. That was well below the forecast of economists polled by Thomson Reuters. They expected a reading of 55. Not only did the index fall sharply, it is far from indicating strength ...

ANZ appoints Hogan as chief economist

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... positions with Westpac Banking Corporation and NSW Treasury Corporation. Hogan is also secretary of the Australian Business Economists and a member of ANZ Private Bank's regional investment committee.

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... rates steady at 5.25 per cent for 15 consecutive months, the RBA lifted rates to 5.5 per cent in March and back then economists were expecting more rate hikes because of this 'low' unemployment rate which threatens inflation. Similarly, the 28 April ...

Australia better than triple A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... Review reports that the country's economic recovery has delivered "a A$7 billion to the budget bottom line" leading some economists to predict that the budget deficit would come in A$15 billion lower than the Treasury's A$57.68 billion estimate for the ...

From ratchet to resilient: an economy in bloom

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... financial crisis like no other - but it faces serious challenges this year and next. Stammer was one of six leading economists that presented at this year's annual Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum held at the Westin in Sydney on Tuesday, and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... headline CPI rose 0.5 per cent in the December quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said on Wednesday. Economists had expected a 0.4 per cent rise.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... Labor Department said workers filing for unemployment benefits for the first time rose by 36,000 to 482,000 last week. Economists polled by Thomson Reuters were expecting a small drop. The four-week average rose for the first time since August. The unemployment ...

Jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... (full-time jobs) of them are the ones that stick and create bigger multiplier effects for the economy through what we economists term as the "permanent income hypothesis". Workers on full-time employment psychologically are more likely to spend more ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... Department said a rise in exports helped narrow the nation's trade gap to $US32.9 billion ($A36.2 billion) in October. Economists had been expecting an increase. Exports rose 2.5 percent, the sixth straight monthly increase. The trade figures helped ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... previous month. Full-time employment surged by a seasonally-adjusted 30,800, while part-time employment increased by 300. Economists' forecasts had centred on a 5,000 increase in employment with unemployment rising to 5.9 per cent from October's 5.8 ...