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Major industrial nations see strong economic growth ahead

The world is poised for strong economic growth this year and next, the world's major industrial nations concluded at a weekend meeting, even though there are concerns about high oil prices and continuing unrest in the Middle East. Finance ministers ...

IMF says world economic outlook rosy

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2004
... rosiest in 10 years, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said today. In its twice-yearly economic scorecard, the United Nations lender upgraded its forecasts for global growth on the back of a pick-up in the United States and Asia. In good news for ...

WTO warns time running out

... thorny problems such as subsidies on agriculture by rich countries and the high tariffs on farm imports from developing nations - issues that divided WTO member states and left them unable to proceed at a meeting in Mexico last September. Key talks on ...

ASEAN nations to push for FTA with Australia

... in Singapore, will also recommend the leaders of Australia and New Zealand attend the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) annual summit in Laos this year. The declaration from the economics ministers that they are willing to embrace Australia ...

Australia slips down world export rankings

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
... share of world trade dropped 0.1 percentage points to 0.9% during 2003. Australia was ranked 26th in terms of exporting nations, down one spot. Brazil replaced Australia in 25th spot. In terms of importers, Australia improved one spot to 19th, although ...

Macquarie Bank buys entire ING Asian equities business

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2004
... 10 countries, Mainly in Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan, adding to its current regional head count of 250 across seven nations. The deal will grow the Australian investment bank's head count by 8% and give it presence in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia ...

Single economic market for Australia and New Zealand getting closer

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2004
... market crossing the Tasman, going beyond the Closer Economic Relations (CER) trade agreement that already links the two nations. And they also united in vowing to work harder to get world trade talks back on track, focused on slashing agricultural tariffs ...

IMF admits mistakes in controversial handling of Asia crisis

... lend more but some of our shareholders are concerned about moral hazard... so we strike a balance," he said. In Asian nations whose economies were laid waste by the meltdown, the IMF's demands for reform and tough restrictions caused widespread anger. ...

Treasury boss pushes reforms to maintain growth

... expectations at the mid-year review later this month. Dr Henry said Australia still lagged behind the United States and European nations in productivity levels, with economic output from one hour of work only about 85% of the US level.

MDRT attempts to enhance standards of financial advisers in Australia

... Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), an independent association of 28,282 international financial professionals from 74 nations, has been proactively conducting half-day seminars and meetings aimed at assisting financial advisers to align their business ...