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Business conditions ease in December

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
... though they were marginally weaker than in recent months. Meanwhile the non-farm economy continued to operate at historically high levels of capacity utilisation. Business conditions reversed the gains reported for November, having approached record ...

Macfarlane optimistic on GDP growth in 2004

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2003
... cent rate hikes this month and last month, he told the committee hearing in Brisbane. Mr Macfarlane said it was true historically that borrowing for housing had been one of the more interest rate sensitive sectors and might have been more affected than ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares close mixed

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2003
... stage," said ABN AMRO Morgans director of equities Bill Chatterton. "I think the market is quiet ahead of what is historically a Christmas rally. "We usually get the reporting period, with a lot of activity, then you get a little bit of a quiet time ...

Australian equities may under-perform as a result of rising interest rates

... has been the first major economy to begin a tightening cycle. QIC senior economist Beverley Morris said there is historically an inverse relationship between interest rates and share market performance - and over the last three tightening cycles, the ...

Economy strong; rates will rise: NAB survey

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2003
... increased its 2004 growth expectation to 4.0 per cent. The survey indicated that capacity utilisation has risen to historically high levels (the highest since late 1989). But NAB has forewarned it is likely the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will initiate ...

Local Authorities Super to be renamed Vision Super

... Established by an Act of Parliament in 1947, the Fund now has over 94,000 members and total assets exceeding $2.3 billion. Historically, its membership has been drawn from local government, the water industry, and community services. Since becoming a ...

New ASFA paper to help reduce super fraud risk

... prevent fraudulent activity and theft, the association said. "The incidence of theft and fraud in superannuation has historically been low," said Philippa Smith, ASFA chief executive. "But trustees of all types of funds should remain vigilant and not ...

Macquarie & E&Y launch charity establishment framework

... individuals to set up Private Charitable Foundations that do not attract the significant bureaucratic "red tape"' that historically put them in the "too hard" basket. Mr McGrath said there was a growing desire among wealthy people to participate in the ...

Moody's adds to AMP Group gloom

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2003
... More positively, Moody's notes that earnings generation from the new AMP Group is likely to be less volatile than historically seen, due to the Group's earnings being generated predominantly from the relatively stable Australian life and superannuation ...

Farmers' Federation joins rate cut chorus

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2003
... coming months and many farmers are still struggling due to drought. "While farmers have greatly benefited from these historically low rates, the difference between Australian and US official interest rates is now 3.75 percentage points, the highest difference ...