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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2006
... and Trade agreement signed just under two years ago with the US has yet to deliver for this country. In 2005 Australian exports to the US decreased slightly from $9.5 billion the previous year to $9.3 billion as imports from the US rose from $20.5 to ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2006
... director of the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Karen Schneider, said that earnings from commodity exports are expected to increase by 14 per cent to $140 billion in 2006-07, of which minerals and energy exports are forecast ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
... this season. The Japanese economy has continued to show signs of significant momentum with the latest data revealing that exports grew by 17.7 per cent as car exports grew by 23 per cent. The year on year trade surplus has increased by 96 per cent to ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2006
... 5,144.88 points, up 21.03. TOKYO - The Nikkei average sagged as a government downgrade of its view on private consumption and exports spurred selling. The Nikkei ended down 75.46 points at 15,866.93, losing 213.53 points over the week. HONG KONG - Stocks ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2006
... Analysis of the Australian Bureau of Agricultural & Resource Economics data shows that the resource sector's contribution to exports rose from 37 per cent in the March quarter to beyond 50 per cent for this latest June quarter. Exports from minerals ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2006
... in dwellings. Negative contribution to growth came from the change in inventories which were down 0.8 per cent and net exports which were down 0.2 per cent. On an industry basis the strongest contribution to growth came from the construction sector which ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
... added to by cash rich Western Australia which has announced that as a result of a record 22 per cent increase in annual exports to $47 billion it will be spending $18 billion over the next four years including about $5 billion in 2005-06 on capital works. ...

Australian agribusiness will be China's breadbasket

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006
... sector with big potential for investors, especially as it is not well understood that it accounts for 26 per cent of our exports and 46 per cent of all retail sales in Australia. However, the key to harnessing this potential, he said, "Is having an investment ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... contractionary. Australia's farmers have continued to lobby the Federal Government for a free trade agreement with China with exports to China increasing three-fold in the last decade, according to the National Farmers Federation (NFF). The NFF acknowledged ...

Financial services exports trailing economy

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
... International Security Kevin Rudd has unveiled a plan to promote Australia as an Asia hub and boost financial services exports, saying we are missing a potential growth opportunity. Speaking to the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) ...