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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
While the Western Australian Government is expected to announce a revised estimate of the State budget above the $1.27 billion already forecast from the May budget, a survey by BankWest and the WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry found that in all 16 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
The National Australia Bank's Monthly Business Survey has reported that business conditions fell by 4 points to a score of +14 during November to effectively reverse the rise of last month but still keep the index at strong levels. Business conditions ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2006
New evidence about the state of the US economy suggests that the soft landing scenario that most have been expecting is showing signs of being a little harder than anticipated. The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index decreased from ...

Analyse bonds differently to equities: Loomis Sayles

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2006
Bond markets behave differently to equity markets and investors trained around equities need to adjust their thinking when investing in income securities. Brett Wander, director of alpha strategies for Loomis Sayles, said, "It is commonplace to find ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
The Australian stock market was trading higher at noon, led by the resource stocks and banks, and following a strong lead from US markets. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained 20.2 points to 5472.8, while the all ordinaries added ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger on gains from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0747 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 42 points at 5,492. The Reserve Bank of Australia releases October financial ...

Active extension moves into Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
... in the same proportion. While the strategy is new to Australia it is becoming a mainstream strategy in the US with an estimate $48 billion managed this way driven by some major pension funds already allocating up to 5 of their portfolio into the style. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006
In a bid to ensure the supply of farm labour, the National Farmers Federation (NFF) has asked the Federal Government to reduce the withholding tax on foreign workers from 29 to 13 per cent saying that the $7 billion horticulture industry could lose ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
Pressure will be on the Reserve Bank of Australia to increase interest rates tomorrow when it meets. Last weeks announcement that building approvals by municipal councils rose by 6.1 per cent in September to produce a year on year growth in total dwellings ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
The Australian Fair Pay Commission yesterday increased the national minimum wage for low paid workers by $27.36 to $700 and by $22.04 for those above $700 in a decision that was supported by both major political parties and the union movement but opposed ...