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Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006
... data.' Speaking of 'incoming data', the latest Fed's Beige Book of economic conditions - a regional survey of the 12 district banks conducted by the Boston Fed - indicated a tightening job market. The survey showed moderate economic growth with some ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006
... may pause in its 22-month cycle of raising borrowing costs, lifting shares of interest-rate sensitive companies such as banks and utilities. Investors piled into growth stocks, which can benefit from friendlier interest-rate environments. The Dow Jones ...

ING and St George top online savings account survey

... Australia region. For example, only 16 per cent of customers are from WA and the bank has taken market share away from other banks, including the Commonwealth Bank. According to the survey, the top three leading service providers based on market share ...

Daily economic update

... interest rates would remain on hold over the course of this year. This contrasts with the policy stances of other major central banks. The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates 15 times since June 2004. It last raised the federal funds rate only ...

Weekly economic round-up

... its zero interest rate policy. But while many expect more monetary policy tightening in the world's three biggest central banks, most remain convince that our own Reserve Bank will keep interest rates nailed at 5.5 per cent over the course of 2006. This ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
... fractionally on the last day of the financial year, adding 5.9 per cent for January-March, its third straight quarterly gain, as banks rose on profit prospects. The Nikkei rose 14.32 points to 17,059.66, its highest close since August 2000. Over the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2006
... 2.64 points at 1300.25. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 3.04 points at 2340.82. LONDON - A fresh rash of bid talk around banks and a surge in mining stocks powered the FTSE 100 index back above the 6,000 level after big losses at the start of the week. ...

Commonwealth banks on customer service and IT

... includes merging two key units, improving IT and offering flexible employment in a bid to remain one of the country's leading banks. Commonwealth's chief executive officer, Ralph Norris, said that the bank is to roll-out numerous changes designed to ...

Kingsway Taitz launches new locally based hedge fund administrator

... PricewaterhouseCoopers specialising in auditing and valuing equity derivatives and structured deals in large investment banks, he believed he had little choice but to finally do something about it. "Even after switching service providers, some managers ...

Daily economic update

... justify a tightening in monetary policy in the near term. The RBA's stance differs from the monetary bias of other central banks. The US Federal Reserve is expected to continue raising interest rates this year, the ECB has tightened policy despite still ...