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Home loan affordability lowest in over eight years

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2004
Home loan affordability across Australia was at its lowest in more than eight years at the end of 2003, making it even more difficult for first home buyers to enter the property market. During the December quarter of 2003, home loan affordability in ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2004
The Australian dollar opened firmer after a security scare on the Eurostar train in France and fears Japan may stop intervening in the currency market, drove the United States dollar down against most currencies. At 0700 AEDT the local currency was ...

Westpac MI Leading Index points to strong growth ahead

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2004
The Australian economy will likely slow but activity will still remain above the long-term growth trend and as such further interest rate rises this year cannot be ruled out, Westpac said today. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic ...

Challenger says divests non core property assets

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2004
Diversified financial services company Challenger Financial Services Group Ltd said today it has entered into unconditional contracts for the sale of 11 properties to Cromwell Corporation Ltd for $152 million. Challenger said this is an increase of ...

Rentenbank launches A$400 million June 2011 bond issue

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2004
Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank, Germany's agency for agriculture, has today launched a $A400 million June 2011 bond issue into the Kangaroo market. The deal is expected to be priced at an approximate re-offer spread to the June 2011 Australian Commonwealth ...

Acquisitive mood to continue in 2004: survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2004
Australian companies are cashed up for 2004 and set to continue the strong growth in acquisitions activity shown last year. The Ernst & Young Mergers & Acquisitions Index released today showed the index jumped 12% last year - a turnaround after two ...

Jobless rate rises to 5.9% in February: ABS

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2004
Australia's jobless rate rose to 5.9% in February, new figures showed today, from a revised 5.8% in January. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said full-time jobs fell for the first time since June last year, with 13,100 positions lost in the ...

CBA business arm sets aside $2 billion to restore market share

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2004
Commonwealth Bank of Australia's business banking arm has set aside $2 billion to lend to companies by June 30, as part of a bid to restore market share. The funds will be lent to clients across the bank's Institutional and Business Services (IBS) division ...

IADB sells seven-year A$400 million bond issue into Kangaroo market

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) has sold a seven-year $A400 million bond issue into the Kangaroo market. Joint lead managers the Commonwealth Bank and RBC Capital Markets said the deal was priced at a re-offer spread of 12 basis points over ...

Current account improves marginally in Q4

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2004
Australia's current account deficit improved marginally in the three months to December after a recovery in rural exports. But the deficit of $12.01 billion, from an upwardly revised $12.09 billion in September, was substantially above market expectations ...