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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... growing momentum in the housing market, inflationary pressures have been felt in the latest recording for the TD-MI monthly CPI inflation gauge. The TD-MI measure rose by 0.5 per cent to be up 3.5 per cent over the year which is slightly ahead of its ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
... highest that it has been in eight years. Also increasing by the same amount is the deposit rate that now sits at 2.79 per cent. CPI Inflation in China is now 2.7 per cent and below the government's upper limit of 3 per cent although a surge in investment ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
... In international news, labour cost in the Eurozone area rose by 2.4 per cent over the last quarter and contributed to the CPI move of 1.8 per cent over the last year. This helps explain why the European Central Bank has increased interest rates in the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2007
... quarter of last year and it expects inflation to be 2.75 per cent this year and as high as 3 per cent next year. When the next CPI data is released on April 24 for the first quarter of this year, the RBA will thereafter have to re-examine its interest ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
... and stronger prices for base metals, oil and gold. The major resources stocks and most of the big banks were firmer. "The CPI figures were good, commodities prices are good - that's got to be good for the market," Austock senior client adviser Michael ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
... that inflation is now running at 3.3 per cent on an annual basis, above the Reserve Bank's target range of 2-3 per cent. The CPI did, however, decrease from the September to the December quarter of last year by 0.1 per cent for which the latest data ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
... up 46 points at 5,763. Today, the market awaits the Australian Bureau of Statistics' December quarter consumer price index (CPI), which may help determine whether the Reserve Bank of Australia will lift interest rates, at its next meeting in February. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
... core inflation, which excludes food and energy costs, fell to 2.6 per cent in November from 2.7 per cent in October. The core CPI figure had peaked at 2.9 per cent in September which was the highest such level since 1996. Industrial production rose to ...

Fix debt ahead of rate rise: ANZFP

... like credit cards less the interest rates. The cost of living is certainly on the rise. According to consumer price index (CPI) data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the largest cost increases have been on food (9 per cent), health (5 ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2006
... said. "It (the market) is positive and not negative after a pretty lacklustre lead from Wall Street last night." He said the CPI's higher-than-expected rise of 0.9 per cent in the September quarter had not caused any shock. "The more important thing ...