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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... The Standard & Poor's 500 index topped 1,500 for the first time since September 2000 on Thursday after a series of indicators showed signs of strength in the economy and a moderate rise in wage inflation. The Dow industrials closed at a record for the ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
... gone up quite nicely today," Mr Heffernan said. "It's pretty much right across the board too." "With the three main indicators (in the US) almost up one per cent, that's going to be a pretty positive impulse."

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2007
... price index contract was down 47 points at 5,723. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release business indicators for the December quarter and, on the equities front, Promina Group is holding a scheme meeting to seek shareholder approval ...

Interest rates on the way down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
... Commonwealth Securities, said, "We think the next interest rate moves will be down." James said while there are still growth indicators in the economy, its important to understand that these don't point to problems in the way they used to. "There may ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
... per cent in December implying that growth prospects would heighten over the next three to six months. Six of the ten indicators that make up the index rose. However the index did fall 0.1 per cent on an annual basis following the 0.2 per cent fall in ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2007
... part-time workforce of Australia is now 2,955,100 which represents about 29 per cent of the overall workforce. Forward indicators of the labour market in Australia have strengthened in the last month with the ANZ analysis of newspaper and internet job ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
... September quarter, it is down about 1 per cent over the last year continuing the trend mentioned above. The Business Indicators summary from the ABS shows that on a seasonally adjusted basis there has been a 8.3 per cent increase in company gross operating ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
... flat. The other key consumer demand numbers come from the housing industry where evidence is patchy although multiple indicators suggest that most of the steam has been taken out of that market as consumers face higher interest rate regimes. The Small ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
... up 6 points to +18 and employment up 2 points to +8 points. NAB says that despite the good news on recent activity indicators, the level of forward orders remains low and is trending down. Mining is still reporting the strongest overall conditions and ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2006
... that the US leading index registered its biggest fall in nine months. The Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators fell by 0.6 per cent in May after a 0.1 per cent decline in the previous month. This signals slower growth in the US economy ...