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Become fin services hub or miss the boat: IFSA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
... largest financial services industry in the world, less than 3 per cent of Australia's financial services revenue comes from exports, and this is not likely to improve unless tax transparency and closer working relationship between the industry, regulators ...

Economic round-up: Lead balloon lifts exports

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
... boom in resources demand and prices. The Australian Bureau of Statistics latest data shows a jump in goods and services exports of 38 per cent over the last three years while imports have only risen by around 13 per cent. This improvement has Australia ...

Economic round-up: Creaming cheese exports

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
... one of them. According to Austrade, a change of menu in South Korea has resulted in a tenfold increase in cream cheese exports from Australia. Dunkin Donuts has recently developed a new bagel and cream cheese menu, including apricot and almond, and rum ...

Economic round-up: Currency and commodities

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2007
... Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) predict growth in mineral and energy commodity prices and exports will boost Australia's commodity earnings by around $150 million this financial year. However, ABARE has warned that our ...

Stung UK private equity managers fight back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... profitable. In turn it creates jobs, increases productivity, invests in research and development and boosts sales and exports, all at a rate which far outperforms the public markets." UK private equity managers paid A$70 billion in tax last year and ...

Economic round up: weather winners and losers

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
... energy users who almost ran out of gas last week. It seems that Mother Nature has finally turned her charms on to rural exports with record rainfalls in the southeastern grain-producing regions. According to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and ...

Economic round-up: Manufacturing out run by fitness

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... agriculture and manufacturing over the services industry in its global trade negotiations. However, pushing manufacturing exports is flogging a lame horse according to the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. In their latest labour market ...

Economic round-up: RBA thumbs-up

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... a minor improvement from the revised $15.5 billion outcome for Q406. This fall came courtesy of a 1.5 per cent rise in exports and a decrease in the rate of imports leaving our current account deficit sitting at 5.7 per cent of GDP. Interestingly, HSBC's ...

Economic round-up: Economists weather forecast

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
Australia's current account deficit is expected to have narrowed in the first quarter where exports climbed and companies paid less interest on their overseas borrowings. The current account deficit is the broadest measure of trade because it includes ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2007
... set a fresh record high of $US2,360 a tonne on rising concerns about Australian supplies after Magellan Metals said lead exports from the port of Esperance would be delayed for another month. Today, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its commodity ...