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Costello promises surplus with hope for tax cut this year

Treasurer Peter Costello today promised to keep the Budget in surplus while holding out the hope of a tax cut this year. Mr Costello said the government had brought down six surplus budgets since it came to power in 1996 while at the same time dramatically ...

S&P affirms A minus ratings on MBF Australia, outlook stable

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2003
... operating surplus in 2004 is expected to be remain strong, with appropriate product repricing and reduced project expenditure. S&P said the ratings on MBF reflect the company's strong market position, strong capitalisation, appropriate investment strategy ...

GDP up 1.2 per cent in September quarter: ABS

... revised rise of 0.3 per cent in the June quarter, revised from a rise of 0.1 per cent. Household final consumption expenditure rose 1.7 per cent in the quarter and rose 4.4 per cent over the year to September, adjusted. Total investment in dwellings ...

Private capital expenditure rises 4.1% in the third quarter: NAB

Private capital expenditure in Australia has risen 4.1 per cent in the third quarter and 13.9% for the year thus far, the latest weekly economic report by the National Australia Bank (NAB) has revealed. The report also indicated that construction activity ...

Economic recovery on track: OECD chief economist

The Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) chief economist Jean-Philippe Cotis has said that a palpable recovery has finally taken hold across the OECD. He said the strong momentum already achieved in Asia, North America and the ...

Business investment likely to keep rising: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2003
... likely to keep rising in 2003/04, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said capital expenditure rose 4.1 per cent in the September quarter to $13.9 billion, with spending on building and structures particularly strong. ...

Greater fiscal discipline needed: OECD

The Australian government should maintain its fiscal objective of keeping the budget balanced over the economic cycle and allow fiscal policy to play a stabilisation role through the operation of the automatic stabilisers, according to a report from ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar back above $US0.7200

... the stock market opens ahead. On the economic front, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will publish new capital expenditure data for September quarter while the Commonwealth Bank of Australia will release a housing affordability study. All Ordinaries ...

Weaker property market and low inflation may guide RBA decision in December

... approvals to dip by 5%, GDP may bounce back in the third quarter with annual growth still soft nearer 2% than 3%, capital expenditure over the past two quarters could be reversed in the third quarter with investment expectations being of importance (capital ...

Housing bubble imbalance could threaten economic growth: TD Securities

... economy if consumers decide to pare back consumption. He said a key issue overlaying the household sector's income, expenditure and savings will be what happens to household wealth, most notably through house process and the performances of the rental ...