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RBA to leave rates on hold this month: economists

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to leave official interest rates on hold this month as a federal election looms. The central bank holds its monthly board meeting this Tuesday and will make its announcement on interest rates on Wednesday ...

HFA funds "recommended"; Lonsec

HFA Asset Management, today announced it has received \"Recommended\" ratings from independent researcher Lonsec for two of its flagship funds. Lonsec Managed Funds Research has provided a Recommended rating for the HFA International Shares Fund - the ...

AMP shares up nearly 3% on prospect of higher dividends

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2004
Shares in AMP jumped nearly 3% today as investors gave a tick of approval to the financial services group's accelerated debt reduction and the prospect of higher dividends in the future. AMP announced before the market opened that it had repurchased ...

NAB appoints Michael Chaney to board

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2004
National Australia Bank said today that former Wesfarmers chief executive Michael Chaney would join the board as a non-executive director effective December 2004 and will assume the chairmanship in September 2005. Graham Kraehe will continue as national\'s ...

Property market could be on the rebound, figures show

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2004
Six months after the last rise in interest rates, buying a home is back in favour. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute gauge of whether now is a good time to buy a house surged by nearly 30% in the June quarter. This was despite an overall 1.1% fall in ...

ABS says city house prices up 2.5% in March quarter

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2004
Capital city house prices rose just 2.5% in the first three months of the year, the smallest rise in three years, new figures showed today. But the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the only city to record a fall was Melbourne, down 1.3%, in ...

ASX report finds property performs better than shares

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2004
For the first time The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) annual report on investment returns over a 10-year period has shown investors would have been better off investing in property than shares. The report commissioned by the ASX found after-tax returns ...

Aust interest rates on hold in June - RBA

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2004
Homebuyers have been spared higher mortgage repayments after the Reserve Bank of Australia today left interest rates on hold for the sixth month in a row. In a widely-expected move, the central bank announced the official cash rate would remain at 5.25% ...

Aust economic growth slows to just 0.2% in March qtr - ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2004
Economic growth slowed dramatically in the opening months of the year, new figures showed today, the worst result in more than a year. The economy expanded by just 0.2% in the March quarter - about one-sixth of the revised 1.3% growth recorded in the ...

Current account deficit up to nearly $12b in March qtr - ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2004
Australia's current account deficit worsened again in the first three months of the year, with consumer demand for imported goods outweighing a recovery in farm exports. The deficit increased 2% to just less than $12 billion, from a revised $11.8 billion ...