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Crystal ball gets cloudy in wait for CPI figures

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... decision on domestic interest rates next week. Many economists are already tipping that, with further deterioration in import prices set to push down headline inflation over months to come, it will remain just below the RBA's core inflation pain threshold ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
... expectation that we are at the end of a business cycle. The terms of trade which measure the ratio of export to import prices increased by 2 per cent over the quarter and by 6.8 per cent over the year. This is a plus to the economy allowing more income ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
... Last quarter the fuel crisis resulting from Middle-East conflicts raised the index by 2.3 per cent. Overall, the Import Prices Index has risen by 3.7 per cent this year. The Export Price Index rose by 1.9 per cent during the last quarter following an ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2006
... while the all ordinaries added 50.4 points to 5029.0. NEW YORK - US blue-chip stocks slipped overnight as data on import prices revived concerns about higher inflation and an investment bank's downgrades of bellwethers Boeing Co and General Electric ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2006
... on credit card, debit card and ATM fees. NEW YORK - US stocks fell sharply, extending a two-day slide as higher import prices lifted inflation concerns and a fall in crude oil prices hit energy stocks.. The Dow Jones industrial average finished down ...

Daily Economic Update

... nationwide survey conducted by the Institute of Supply Management (ISM). Inflation is looking good in the US with import prices falling by 0.5 per cent in February versus expectations for a decline of 0.6 per cent. Petroleum import prices fell by 0.5 ...

Daily economic update

... trade continue to improve in the December quarter as the increase in the price of our exports outpaces the growth in import prices. Based on latest ABS data released today, Australian export prices rose by 2.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2005 ...

Weekly economic round-up

... release of the ABS housing finance approvals report for November as well as international trade prices - export and import prices. Overseas significant economic data scheduled for release include December updates on US consumer prices, industrial production ...

Daily economic update

... import their goods, there is a risk that at some point foreigners may choose to stop funding America's excesses. US import prices fell for the second consecutive month in December, thanks to cheaper oil and cheap Chinese goods. Import prices fell by ...

RBA gov says could be generational conflict over tax burden

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2003
... expansion in manufacturing capacity around the world, according to Mr Macfarlane. Export prices are doing better than import prices and our terms of trade had risen over the past 15 years. Most of Australia's exports would continue to be resource-based ...