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Economy continues to boom, but may start to slow: Access

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2004
... this financial year. But while the picture remains rosy for the moment, it warns there are risks on the horizon that could cloud that scenario. "Recent Australian growth benefited from an unsustainable mix of overly low interest rates, overheated housing ...

Low rainfall sparks hopes of high insurance earnings

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
Relatively low levels of rain in recent months have sparked hopes of three of Australia's top insurers producing even better than expected earnings in the coming year. Analysts at UBS have upgraded their earnings estimates for Promina Group Ltd, Insurance ...

RBA hints at interest rate cut due to international downturn

If the international economic situation does not improve soon the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) could be forced to cut interest rates, RBA governor Ian Macfarlane warned today in an address to the House of Representatives standing committee on economics ...