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Business confidence on upswing: ACCI and Westpac industrial survey

... economist at the ACCI. "The Australian economy has continued to perform well, with positive forward projections. Capital expenditure plans are strong." He added, "It is however important to recognise that Australia's good economic performance is occurring ...

GDP grows 2.9% for 2002-2003 and 0.7% in the March quarter: ABS

... was driven by changes in private non-farm inventories (contributing 1%) and growth in household final consumption expenditure (0.6%). These positives were offset by negative contributions from the purchase of new machinery and equipment (-0.4%) and net ...

Australians are the second biggest spenders after Americans

... biggest spenders in the world, and changes in spending patterns over the past three decades reveal a leaning towards expenditure on luxury items. In a recently released book, International Consumption Comparisons, launched by Griffith University of Queensland ...

New private capital expenditure falls 5.3% in March quarter

New private capital expenditure for the March quarter decreased 5.3 per cent to $13.20 billion compared to the December 2002 quarter, but has risen 18.2% since March 2002, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ...

Crean reaffirms opposition to Telstra sell-off

... get the services they deserve," he said. Yesterday, Labor Senator Sue Mackay said Telstra intended to cut capital expenditure by $600 million in a plan reportedly revealed during a Senate committee hearing. Crean told reporters that Labor would use the ...

Qantas downgrades profit forecast again

Qantas chief executive officer Geoff Dixon today announced a further downgrade to its profit forecast for the 2002/03 financial year due to the adverse effects of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) which has caused a downturn in its passenger ...

Qantas to cut 1,000 jobs by June 30

... one of the more successful airlines in the world today. We will only remain so by ensuring our labour and capital expenditure base matches current market activity." Dixon said that the restructuring program would involve 1,700 positions with 1,000 redundancies ...

SingTel launches $280.5 million bond issue

... Telecommunications has launched a S$300 million (A$280.5 million) bond issue to fund current operations, future capital expenditure, and working capital requirements, it announced today. The unsecured bonds will have a maturity of ten years with a coupon ...

Hurdles lie in wait for Australian economy: Commonwealth Bank

... 3.8 per cent in calendar 2002, just below the long run average. But Grimshaw added that said that business capital expenditure was now "growing strongly," despite a subdued past four years. And he said this is expected to continue with the economic fundamentals ...

Economist says current account deficit figures are "disturbing"

John Fernando A leading Sydney-based economist said today that the current account deficit figures released earlier this week are "disturbing." In an exclusive interview with the Financial Standard, Dr. Ric Simes, chief economist with ICAP, a wholesale ...