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Trouble at Threadneedle Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... and a half years. The unemployment rate rose to 5.3 percent in April while house prices fell by 6.1 percent in the June quarter - the biggest fall in 15 years. Similar to the US, falling home prices will continue to have a negative impact on economic ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
... points at 5,370. Today, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry/Westpac survey of industrial trends for the June quarter is released. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Graeme Samuel speaks at an Australian Institute of Company ...

Recovery in securitised assets mask long term problems

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
... billion. The securitasion fall is nonetheless distorted by the upward surge in assets reported by the ABS for the June quarter which was a medium term record of 12 per cent. Indeed discounting this surge suggests the level of assets under securitisation ...

Super switchers fall

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... continued to decline, with only 3.7 per cent of investors switching in the March quarter and only 3.3 per cent in the June quarter, according to a new Roy Morgan report. The report stated while December showed a slight upturn in the switching rate, it ...

Under-building down under

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
... Australian Statistician's estimates of established house prices show a rise of 9.2 per cent over the year to the June quarter. So while US housing continues it's down cycle, Australian capital city markets remain under-supplied in an economy where real ...

Super fund inflows reach record highs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
Australians pumped record sums into their superannuation funds over the June quarter, with $72 billion in total inflows marking the largest quarterly increase in history, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). ASFA ...

Rough ride may be over

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... market expectation of 13 to14 per cent. Economic growth also exceeded expectations with GDP rising 0.9 per cent in the June quarter well above the market median forecast of 0.5 per cent. The solid Q2 outcome follows unrevised growth of 1.6 per cent in ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... meets today to discuss monetary policy and the the Australian Bureau of Statistics national accounts data for the June quarter is due. On the corporate front, Healthzone is expected to announce a new acquisition. The local market closed higher yesterday. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2007
... price index was down 77 points or 1.29 per cent to 5887. In economic news today, ABS Labour Price Index data for the June quarter will be released, as will the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment. In a big day of corporate news, James ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... Bureau of Statistics will release its ABS Housing Finance data for June, together with its House Price Indices for the June quarter. A number of companies will announce their full year results today, among them ResMed Inc, Fletcher Building Ltd, Stockland ...