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Rate rise spectre saps consumer confidence

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2007
Flying in the face of a 4.5 per cent jobless rate, strong currency and figures showing 5.5 per cent of household finances have improved in the last month, interest rate uncertainty may account for the latest figures in consumer confidence dipping to ...

Future Fund focuses on building blocks

Amid pressure from the industry to disclose how and when the Future Fund will deploy its near $50 billion assets, general manager Paul Costello stressed their main focus remains on building the right operational and investment infrastructure first. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
Further analysis of retail trade data released yesterday shows that in addition to the increase of 0.9 per cent on a seasonally adjusted basis for February, the data indicated that the rise over the last year has been a healthy 6.8 per cent. While the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
China has announced that its prime lending rate will rise by 0.27 per cent to 6.39 per cent which is the highest that it has been in eight years. Also increasing by the same amount is the deposit rate that now sits at 2.79 per cent. CPI Inflation in ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
National Labour force figures were released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday showing that on a seasonally adjusted basis there are now 2.9 per cent more people employed in the Australian workforce than there were a year ago and the number ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2007
Following its most recent meeting about interest rates the Reserve Bank has expectedly decided not to raise interest rates and the cash rate remains unchanged at 6.25 per cent. The RBA expects non-farm GDP to increase to 3.5 per cent having softened ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
The Australian stock market at noon was still in record territory as investors were buoyed by lower-than-expected inflation figures. The market also was boosted by a solid lead from United States markets, and stronger prices for base metals, oil and ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
Consumer Price Index data has just been released by the ABS showing that inflation is now running at 3.3 per cent on an annual basis, above the Reserve Bank's target range of 2-3 per cent. The CPI did, however, decrease from the September to the December ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
The Australian share market is expected to push further into record territory today following a surge in commodity prices and a Wall Street rally overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0722 AEDT, the March share price index contract was trading ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
While the Western Australian Government is expected to announce a revised estimate of the State budget above the $1.27 billion already forecast from the May budget, a survey by BankWest and the WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry found that in all 16 ...