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Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2006
US housing data released overnight has all but assured another Fed rate hike after its 28-29 June Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. However, weak forward housing indicators put in doubt speculation for a further rate increase immediately ...

Weekly economic round-up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2006
The wild gyration that has characterised financial market trading activity since mid-May continued to make its presence felt last week. Trading in stock and commodity markets remained highly volatile with prices swinging wildly. Anxious investors sold ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly weaker as mixed base and precious metal prices and a benign lead from the US combined to weigh on the domestic bourse. On the Sydney Futures Exchange the September share price index was 23 points ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2006
... jumped by 2.8 per cent. Data released overnight showed that the New York State general economic index increased to 29 in June - the highest reading in three months - versus 12.9 in May and expectations for a decline to 11. Although the Philadelphia Fed's ...

ASIC charges two over $14.5m fraud

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2006
Two men, one a former ANZ Bank employee, have appeared in court on multi-million dollar fraud charges following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation. Stephen Jenvey and Cedric Anthony, both from Victoria, appeared ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2006
Last night's bigger than expected increase in US core consumer prices virtually sealed a 25 basis point interest rate hike at the 29 June Federal Open Market Committee meeting. US core consumer price inflation rose by 0.3 per cent in May - the third ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly firmer as a positive lead from the US and a mild recovery in commodity prices creates enough momentum for the domestic bourse to push back into the black. On the Sydney Futures Exchange the June  ...

Budget transitional arrangements for over 65s

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
The Treasurer has announced transitional provisions to apply to the proposed $150,000 annual cap on post-tax contributions while also adjusting the payment rules for people aged 65 and over. However, post-tax contributions made between 1 July 2005 and ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
... respectively but inventories at retailers fell by 0.2 per cent. In Europe, the German ZEW investor confidence index fell to 37.8 in June - the lowest level since July last year - from 50 in the previous month. The June drop marks the index's fifth consecutive ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker despite yesterday's rapid fall as a sea of red across global equity markets overnight suggest a continuation of the selling that hit the domestic bourse yesterday afternoon. Yesterday the investors ...