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Weekly economic round-up

The Australian market continued its record-breaking run last week supported by continued gains in commodity prices, good earnings news out of the United States and stronger conviction for steady domestic interest rates. Last week's rally took the S&P/ASX ...

Daily economic update

Reports of strong US durable goods orders could create doubt for those expecting the Federal Reserve to soon put an end to its monetary policy tightening. US durable goods orders rose by 1.3 per cent in December following an upwardly revised 5.4 per ...

Daily economic update

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and financial markets will welcome the country's latest inflation figures. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that headline consumer prices rose by 0.5 per cent in the December quarter - less than ...

Fund flows up across most areas: AXA

AXA Asia Pacific Holdings revealed positive fund flows and new business results for the year ended 31 December 2005. Most areas were significantly up on 2004. Total net fund flows in Australia and New Zealand were up 139.6 per cent to $9.55 billion ...

Boutiques to flourish in growing super pool

Boutique fund managers are set to thrive in 2006 as Australia's superannuation pool swells towards $1 trillion. According Bruce Bell, managing director of Bellwether Partners, superannuation assets now totally more than $800 billion provide great impetus ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2006
The Australian share market should continue to climb today following a positive lead from Wall Street overnight, with higher base metal prices likely to provide a further boost to resources stocks. Investors will also be looking to the release of the ...

Daily economic update

Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show that sales of new motor vehicles rose by 0.8 per cent to 81,096 units in December. Sales of sports utility vehicles rose by 8.1 per cent during the month, sales of 'other' vehicles increased by 1 per cent ...

Weekly economic round-up

Last week's Australian economic data releases were mainly second-tier but nonetheless gave further evidence that domestic monetary policy will remain on hold in the near term. For instance, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) lending finance ...

Daily economic update

Australia's terms of trade continue to improve in the December quarter as the increase in the price of our exports outpaces the growth in import prices. Based on latest ABS data released today, Australian export prices rose by 2.2 per cent in the fourth ...

Daily economic update

... that the US Federal Reserve is near the end of its policy tightening campaign. US headline CPI fell by 0.1 per cent in December -- its second consecutive monthly decline-- with the core rate rising by 0.2 per cent. Expectations were for a gain of 0.2 ...