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A fist full of dollars

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
... strong and The Reserve Bank will surely be keeping an eye on our spending. Although the government and many credible economists are saying that, unlike last year, this budget won't be adding significant stimulus to inflationary pressures, others beg ...

Consulting the cows

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
Ask 100 economists to predict the direction of interest rates, economic growth and inflationary pressures, and you would invariably get 100 different answers. In Cambodia they ask the royal cows. Heavily reliant on agriculture, Cambodia's ancient ploughing ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... Institute for Supply Management showing national factory activity in April rose to the highest in nearly a year and above economists' median forecast. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 73.23 points, or 0.56 per cent, at 13,136.14. The Standard ...

Confidently counting our chickens

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
With inflation at a two-year low most economists are tipping there's next to no chance the RBA will hatch an interest rate rise this month. In fact, Foxtel's business news was headlining that RBA rates were on hold, just hours after the CPI figures ...

Inflation could still rain on the parade

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
... respondents expect official interests rates to remain unchanged in the first half of 2007, with only three of the 18 economists anticipating a rise in the first quarter. Meanwhile, the expectation on GDP growth is of 2.4 per cent in 2006-07 and 3.5 per ...

Manage your retirement: Greenspan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
... baby boomer retirement crisis. About 150 financial services industry leaders participated in interactive sessions with economists, authors, scholars, financial experts and leading thinkers. He pointed out that the longer we collectively wait to deal ...

Crystal ball gets cloudy in wait for CPI figures

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... figures out tomorrow will be a telling predictor into the RBA's decision on domestic interest rates next week. Many economists are already tipping that, with further deterioration in import prices set to push down headline inflation over months to come ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
... with this week's strong retail figures there could be extra pressure on the central bank to move rates. Nine of 19 economists AAP surveyed this week said rates would move today by 25 basis points. Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
... the scene for the next cash interest rate increase later in 2007," Mr Roberts said in a research note this morning. Economists estimate the economy added about 15,000 jobs in February keeping unemployment steady at 4.5 per cent, its lowest level in 32 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
... the $US. The Chinese currency has risen about 6 per cent over the last year against the US currency although American economists see this as too little. United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson who has been managing relations with China has taken ...