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Capex & Credit at the forefront

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 24 AUG 2008
... manufacturing fell by 0.6 per cent. Total actual new capital expenditure is expected to increase by 2 per cent in the June quarter, driven primarily by continuing gains in the mining industry. Private sector credit figures for July are also due for release ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... survey will be released, the Housing Industry Association of Australia issues its state and national outlook for the June quarter, and the Reserve Bank of Australia will release the minutes of its August 5 board meeting. The Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... reading of 48.3 in July to 48. With these indices below the 50 expansion/contraction level, there is risk that the June quarter's negative GDP growth in the Eurozone will be followed by another weak quarter - pulling the Eurozone economy into a technical ...

Nothing new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... continuing claims have risen to their highest level since November 2003. Growth has also weakened in the Eurozone. June quarter GDP in the Eurozone fell by 0.2 percent. This is the first quarterly decline since the inception of the monetary union and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... Data releases today include the Housing Industry Association/Commonwealth Bank housing affordability report for the June quarter. Annual results are released by Babcock & Brown Japan Property Trust and outfitter Harris Scarfe. Sydney Gas Ltd holds a ...

Same old same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... Statistics' Labour Price Index showed that total hourly rates of pay, excluding bonuses, rose by 1.2 per cent in the June quarter. While this was more than market expectations for a 1 percent rise, markets took this as an indication that wages inflation ...

Financial woes continue to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... to remain 'under stress'. UBS reported its fourth straight quarterly loss with a deficit of US$329 million in the June quarter. UBS added that it does not expect 'adverse economic and financial trends' to change. Wachovia Corp., the fourth-largest US ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment, the Australian Bureau of Statistics labour price index for the June quarter, and Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor Philip Lowe will speak in Sydney at the Retail Financial Services Forum ...

Growth and inflation updates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... Eurozone GDP growth and inflation figures. While in the UK, attention will be on the BoE's inflation report for the June quarter. Preliminary estimates for Eurozone real GDP is expected show economic growth slowing to 1.5 percent year-on-year in the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... data for June. The Housing Industry Association of Australia will release its national and state outlook for the June quarter, and the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) will announce tender results for $600 million of 6.25 per cent June ...