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Inflation could still rain on the parade

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
... 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 cent for 07-08. It's clear that the Reserve Bank will be watching the US economy's ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
... European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged at 3.75 per cent. Final digestion of the data shows that Eurozone GDP growth for the third quarter of last year rose by 0.9 per cent to achieve a healthy year on year tally of 3.3 per cent.

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
... year global growth peaked at 5.6 per cent and indeed the last four years have seen figures of above 4.5 per cent. US GDP growth is anticipated to fall from the 3.3 per cent achieved last year to 2.2 per cent this year.

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
... 0.3 per cent over the last quarter to take the annual tally to 2.2 per cent. Positive or negative contributions to GDP growth over the quarter have been marginal with negative ones coming from business investment, private dwelling and the run down of ...

US slowdown won't hurt China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
... policies intended to limit the expansion of bank credit and investment spending, Fitch Ratings forecasts that Chinese GDP growth will slow to 9.5 per cent in 2007, compared to 10.2 per cent this year. But they added that Chinese securitisation volumes ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
... assistance to drought effected farmers whose loss of crops is forecast to effect the national economic wellbeing by reducing GDP growth by just under one per cent in the next year and farm incomes by 60 per cent. An additional assistance package of $210 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
... inflation, the chances of another rate rise after the Federal Reserve Bank's meeting of December 12 remain slim as GDP growth of 1.6 per cent was recorded for the third quarter after 2.6 per cent in the June quarter.

Financial services exports trailing economy

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
... cent per annum between 1996 and 2000 and is now only 2.2 per cent over the past five years, he said. Against regular GDP growth of 3 per cent or more, this means financial services is falling behind as a national - rather than individual - wealth creator ...

Emerging markets more attractive than ever: Templeton

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2006
... economies have made significant economic improvements which bode well for the long term. "Many emerging markets have robust GDP growth, trade surpluses, high foreign reserves, low inflation, strong investment and domestic demand." Managing director of ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2006
... emphasised that there is not a definite schedule for the implementation of interest rate hikes. Japanese first quarter real GDP growth was revised from an annualised rate of 1.9 per cent to 3.1 per cent on the back of stronger capital expenditures and ...