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AUD to fall in second half of 2008: KBC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
... already visible. Consumer confidence is declining rapidly and is now at its lowest level in over 14 years, while retail sales are also slowing. The housing market has now peaked and will gradually weaken in response to the marked increase in mortgage ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... to 5531.9. NEW YORK - US stocks tumbled on Thursday after a series of fresh jolts to credit markets and lacklustre retail sales compounded worries the economy is near recession, dragging benchmark indexes to their lowest closing levels of the year. The ...

New recruit at GESB

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
WA's largest super fund GESB has appointed Robyn Taylor as the new manager of retail sales and service. Taylor has 20 years experience in the superannuation industry including various senior management positions at Mercer, Watson Wyatt and Nobles Lowndes. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... benchmark Nikkei jumped 558.15 points to 13,626.45. HONG KONG - Stocks rose moer than three per cent on strong US retail sales data. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 852.13 points tot 24,021.68 WELLINGTON - The sharemarket inched up 0.1 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... despite ongoing turmoil in financial markets. On Wall Street overnight, stocks rallied after a surprise gain in January retail sales suggested consumer spending would hold up and help the US economy avert a recession. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... stocks rallied on Wednesday, with gains on the Dow and S&P 500 topping one per cent,after a surprise gain in January retail sales suggested consumer spending would hold up and help the economy avert a recession. The Dow Jones industrial average was up ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... way, the market will struggle to find any clear lead. "We also have some economic data coming out this afternoon - retail sales and building approvals - and the market will probably bounce around a bit until we get past that." The banking sector was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... overnight on the back of a record quarterly loss at top US bank Citigroup Inc and a surprise drop in US December retail sales. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0805 AEDT, the March share price index was down 99 points at 5,852. The Australian Bureau ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... a bit of a beating and similarly with the gold price which was off quite substantially." Mr Wacher said positive retail sales data in the United States helped to buoy stocks on Wall Street. "The US retail sales result was pretty strong so that's probably ...

Deck the halls with interest rate hikes

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
... September and throughout the third quarter. September saw Australians on a 19.9 billion dollar shopping spree with retail sales rising at a monthly trend rate of 0.7 per cent per month and up in September 8.2 per cent over the year. Still not paying ...