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Weekly economic roundup

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Ian Macfarlane's speech before the Economics Society of Australia reaffirmed the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's view that the central bank is unlikely to alter domestic monetary policy settings through ...

Weekly economic roundup

Australian financial markets largely ignored second-tier domestic data released last week in favour of the more market moving decisions by the US Federal Reserve and by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Last week, the US Federal ...

Economic roundup

The latest survey on Australian consumer and business confidence released last week ran counter to the strong GDP, good employment results and earlier reports of solid capital investment plans. This acted to reinforce the mixed messages from economic ...

Economic roundup

Last week, financial markets received confirmation Australia has crossed over the speed bump it hit in the December quarter of last year through to the first quarter of 2005. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the country's National ...

Economic roundup

Australian economic and survey statistics last week gave credence to the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's (FSIU) and other market economists' view that business investment and external trade will takeover from housing as the country's growth engine. ...

Economic roundup

Last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that the total value of construction work rose by 4 per cent to a record A$22 billion in the June quarter and is up by 6.4 per cent from the same period last year. The latest construction figures ...

Weekly economic roundup

The Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Wage Price Index were among the major statistics released last week. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity rose by 2.9 per cent ...

Weekly economic roundup

The Reserve Bank of Australia finally put interest rate speculation to rest last week. In his half-yearly parliamentary testimony, RBA Governor Ian Macfarlane reinforced the message from the Quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy released by the Australian ...

Weekly economic roundup

The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision on monetary policy was last week's major market-moving event - or non-event. The Australian central bank left the official cash rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent where they had been since March this year. ...

Steady growth for managed investments market: Rainmaker

Rainmaker Information has released its March 2004 quarterly roundup highlighting a fourth consecutive quarter of positive investment flows into the Australian sourced managed investment market. According to Rainmaker Information, the Australian managed ...