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RBA holds cash rate at 5.25%

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia today left the Australian cash rate unchanged at 5.25%. The decision follows back-to-back rate hikes in November and December last year, which lifted the cash rate to 5.25% from 4.75%.

Business conditions ease in December

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
Australian business conditions eased in December and domestic demand was expected to slow in some sectors, although business remained strong after nearing record levels the previous month, a survey has found. The National Australia Bank monthly business ...

December trade balance widens to $2.55 billion: ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2004
Australia's trade gap widened in December as consumers took advantage of cheaper imported goods in the lead-up to Christmas. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the trade balance blew out to $2.55 billion, compared with the $1.72 billion ...

December goods and services deficit $2.5 billion

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2004
The Australian balance on goods and services was a deficit of $2.5 billion, seasonally adjusted, in December from an downwardly revised deficit of $1.7 billion in November, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today. Exports fell 2.0% in adjusted ...

Credit growth continues steady rise in December

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2004
Australia's credit growth continued its steady rise in December with the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) recent interest rate hikes seemingly doing little to reduce the demand for credit. Private sector credit rose by 1.2% in December, seasonally ...

Australians abandon property investment plans

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2004
More than 100,000 Australians have abandoned plans to invest in property this year, according to research by Wizard Home Loans. The non-bank lender said research it commissioned found the number of Australians who planned to invest over the next 12 ...

GPT expects strong retail, industrial income growth

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2004
Listed property trust General Property Trust said today it expects to experience strong growth in retail and industrial income and an improvement in office and tourism markets in 2004. GPT said net profit for the 12 months to December 31, 2003 was up ...

IncomePlus says volatile gold, financial markets push profit up

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2004
Investment company IncomePlus said volatility in gold and financial markets had helped raise its earnings in the half year to the end of December 2003. In its maiden profit report as a listed company IncomePlus booked a net profit of $2.65 million in ...

CPI down 2.4% in year to December 2003

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2004
Inflation dropped slightly to 2.4% in the year to December despite strong rises in the prices of food and holidays. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said prices rose 0.5% in the three months to December, giving an annual inflation rate of 2.4%, down ...

New figures expected to show easing inflation

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2004
New figures today are expected to show an easing in inflation, providing one less trigger for the Reserve Bank to raise interest rates again. However, the expected easing of December quarter inflation, giving a predicted annual inflation rate of 2.4% ...