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Economy slowing down and speeding up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... rising terms of trade is pushing the economy hard in the opposite direction. "Board members noted that the bulk of indicators becoming available over the past month continued to suggest moderation in the growth of domestic demand. "These included flat ...

Cracks appearing in Europe

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
... is starting to wobble. This combination of negative factors is gradually beginning to weigh on the economy. Leading indicators suggest slowing growth in the months ahead. Spain and Italy are both already slipping into recession. "The UK is in an even ...

Infrastructure Australia should set national priorities

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... and make the necessary longer term investments [and] increase accountability for regulators, with clear performance indicators to review performance." It also recommended that regulatory regimes should be reviewed to ensure they "encourage private investment". ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... the June share price index was up 15 points at 5,721. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases business indicators data for the March quarter and retail sales data for April. The Australian Industry Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian ...

Home loan fall follows rate hikes

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... and Mr Redican said recent data suggested there was little sign of a recovery. "Both retail sales and other housing indicators have been very soft," Mr Redican said. But it was not all doom and gloom, Mr Redican said. While households were hurting, Mr ...

Bear market poses threat to mining

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... would only take a prolonged bear market or a second credit crunch to topple the sector from grace, according to Lincoln Indicators. Despite the robust performance of the materials sector amidst the mining boom, only 14 per cent of all stocks in this ...

AUD to fall in second half of 2008: KBC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
... "Australia is closely interwoven with the Asian economies, which account for some 45 per cent of exports". KBC said the indicators of the Australian slowdown are already evident. "The first signs of this are already visible. Consumer confidence is declining ...

India's report card

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
... climbing 26 per cent over the last year, has seen foreign exchange reserves climb to $305 billion. The slowing lead indicators are additionally reflecting themselves in how inflation has dropped from 6.5 per cent last year to 5.1 now. The fastest growing ...

Markets down, national happiness in positive territory

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... the survey, the report argues that "current measures of how well Australia is doing tend to be economic, objective indicators such as Gross Domestic Product, house prices and so on." But we focus on these hard measures because we can and so Australian ...

Agriculture drives biofuel investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... strong." Pushing the industry are strong summer rains and rising commodity prices, which the March Commonwealth Bank Agri Indicators Report said has rewarded investors with impressive returns of 39 per cent over the past 12 months - in stark contrast ...