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Henry predicts solid growth in 2004, explains CGS commitment

... major structural impediments that could prove to be a drag on growth for some time. "How will developments in the Middle East play out?" he asked. "What will happen on the Korean peninsula? How will the prospect of ongoing security concerns affect global ...

Westpac announces $1.05 billion half-year profit

... the global economic outlook remains uncertain, Westpac's outlook has generally weakened over recent months due to Middle East disruption, the half-year report said. However due to the relatively good performance of the Australian and New Zealand economies ...

CSF to offer wider, defensive investment options

... made public for a couple of weeks." CSF cited current and recently past world events, primarily the turmoil in the Middle East; global economic crises due to the sustained recessions in the US, Japan and Europe and the uncertain investment arenas as ...

Economy in good shape despite predicted slowdown: NAB

... Bank of Australia (RBA) will hold interest rates in the near term, until the final resolution of developments in the Middle East and problems caused by the rural drought. "Provided our base-case assumptions about international developments are realized ...

Hurdles lie in wait for Australian economy: Commonwealth Bank

... hurdles ahead due to the weak global outlook, weakness in global equity markets, the risk of protracted conflict in the Middle East, the effects of the drought and a possible downturn in the housing cycle, Stuart Grimshaw, chief financial officer at ...

Morning market wrap: Equities back in favour

... likely to be carried higher by the upswing, but will remain susceptible to both positive and negative news from the Middle East. But Financial Standard chief economist Rob Pereira said that the market could have run too hard too fast. "Investors have ...

Morning market wrap: Dow Jones edges higher

... with WTI dropping $1.27 to $28.61 per barrel. Traders of that commodity, well used to dealing with tensions in the Middle East, had clearly factored in the costs of conflict well ahead of the actual commencement of hostilities, and supply fears have ...

Job advertisements climb 3.2% in February: ANZ

... of higher oil prices, falling share prices and the apparently increasing likelihood of a military conflict in the Middle East," Eslake said. "However, we are hesitant to interpret these latest results as signalling that employment will continue growing ...