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Real estate gets Hi Q

... Australian real estate investment and was created in response to investors wanting a double digit income stream. "Many economists are predicting single digit returns from equity and debt markets for the foreseeable future, so 10.63 per cent is an attractive ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2007
... economic news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia will announce whether it has decided to lift interest rates. Most economists appear to believe the central bank will keep rates on hold. On the corporate front, BHP Billiton is expected today to post ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
... less than the December figure of 206,000 and in causing the unemployment rate to increase by 0.1 per cent has given economists a sense that such softening of the labour market will help perceptions that the economy has peaked. Average hourly earnings ...

Interest rates on the way down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
Two of three leading economists told the 450 people attending today's Financial Standard Economic Forum they expect interest rates to fall this year while another said it was a national scandal Australia's productivity growth had stalled. Saul Eslake ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
... That allowed the annual inflation rate to fall to 3.3 per cent from 3.9 per cent, the ABS reported. This undershot economists' expectations for small increase in prices of around 0.2 per cent in the quarter. On Wall Street overnight, stocks gained as ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2007
... producer price index ahead of Wednesday's consumer price index data for the same period. A median of forecasts shows economists expect producer prices to rise 0.3 per cent in the December quarter for an annual pace of growth of 3.6 per cent. Today, Sovereign ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
... Group announces its interim results. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its September labour force data with economists expecting 10,000 new jobs to have been created in the month and the unemployment rate to remain at 4.8 per cent The Australian ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
... hint given by the new RBA boss Glenn Steven on further movement of interest rate at a meeting of Australian Business economists later tonight. The ASX 200 is up 0.5 per cent at noon; with most sectors showing strong gain with Health Care, Materials ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2006
... will focus on macroeconomic developments with Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens speaking to business economists while the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its August housing finance data. Around the markets, the Reject Shop holds ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2006
... consecutive session. Before the opening bell, the government said US import prices in August rose 0.8 per cent, far exceeding economists' forecast. That stirred concerns about inflation, especially coming a day before the August consumer price index ...