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PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2007
Federal Treasury has released a report saying that Australian spending on infrastructure has fallen so much so that on a per capita basis it now ranks 16 out of 22 countries in the study. Infrastructure investment rose from 3.2 per cent of GDP in 1987 ...

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PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
Further analysis of the National Australia Bank Business Survey shows that the index which fell 3 points from November to December is now 7 points less than its recent peak in October of last year but still significantly above the long-run average of ...

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PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
The just released National Australian Bank Monthly Business Survey for December 2006 has noted that although business conditions remain strong there has been some softening from the strong levels reported in the previous quarter. NAB says that weaker ...

Daily Economic Update

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2007
The half yearly reporting season of the Australian stockmarket begins this week with a general expectation that good earnings numbers are on the table. Among the larger players to report is Woolworths on second quarter earnings and sales for the first ...

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PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
Some good news with respect to Australia's skills development and technological strength following the announcement by Education, Science and Training Minister Julie Bishop that the national science organisation CSIRO will receive $2.5 billion in funding. ...

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PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
Consumer Price Index data has just been released by the ABS showing that inflation is now running at 3.3 per cent on an annual basis, above the Reserve Bank's target range of 2-3 per cent. The CPI did, however, decrease from the September to the December ...

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PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd has criticised the Federal Government's record on productivity citing a report by the OECD which says that Australia's spending on higher education has fallen by 7 per cent over the last decade while there was an increase ...

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PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2007
The Housing Industry Association/Commonwealth Bank Affordability Index has reached its worst level since the index began in 1984, according to the latest release. The index is now 15 plus per cent less than in December 2005 which was when first homes ...

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PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
The release of the Reserve Bank's growth in financial assets yesterday has revealed a slowing of the credit market, probably as a consumer response to the multiple interest rate rises over the last year. Overall credit growth of 1.1 per cent for the ...

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PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2007
The effect of higher interest rates over the last year has begun to have its impact on missed payments for lo-doc loans which are now approaching their highest level for about five years, according to Standard and Poor's research. These are now at 2.44 ...