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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
... The Export Price Index rose by 1.9 per cent during the last quarter following an increase of 3.6 per cent in the June quarter. Iron ore, nickel, copper and zinc have been the major drivers of this change and now the export index is up 13.3 per cent over ...

Super assets surge to $914 billion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
... Superannuation Performance report. The strength of investor confidence in superannuation is now so high that during the June quarter alone super funds received a staggering $21.4 billion in new contributions. These contributions were two-thirds from ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
... cent and zinc about 7 per cent. Resources accounted for about half of Australia's export for the first time in the June quarter as a result of good demand for coal, iron ore and copper. Earnings from minerals and energy rose 32 per cent to the record ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2006
... sector's contribution to exports rose from 37 per cent in the March quarter to beyond 50 per cent for this latest June quarter. Exports from minerals and energy rose by 32 per cent to $90.5 billion within which there was a 41 per cent increase in coal ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2006
... earnings while on the economic front, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will issue dwelling commencements data for the June quarter. The Australian stock market closed higher yesterday as major mining stocks rebounded from recent losses and building ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2006
... housing mortgage debt-servicing ratio increased from 8.7 per cent in the three months to March to 9.1 per cent to the June quarter end. On the same adjusted basis, personal finance fell 3.7 per cent as a result of a 3.4 per cent fall in revolving credit ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2006
... the textile, clothing and footwear industry expanded by 10 per cent year on year, growing 9.2 per cent during the June quarter compared to an overall seasonally adjusted fall of 0.1 per cent by the manufacturing sector generally. The manufacturing industry ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2006
... October. Australia's latest GDP data shows that the annual economic growth rate has increased to 0.5 per cent in the June quarter and 0.3 per cent on a seasonally adjusted basis. The year on year growth is now 1.9 per cent on this basis. Real net national ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
... during this time inventories decreased while sales rose 0.9 per cent. This fall in inventories is forecast to reduce June quarter GDP, to be announced tomorrow, by as much as 0.7 per cent. The ANZ Bank job advertisement series fell by 1.3 per cent in ...

Five major banks spend six times more on ads than super sector

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006
... spent an aggregate $45.5 million on print, electronic, outdoor, direct mail and online media in Australia during the June quarter, up 30 per cent over the same period last year. This spending by just the five top banks is thought to be more than twice ...